Ex-Imo governor, Emeka Ihedioha, dumps PDP

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Mr Ihedioha served as the governor of Imo State between 29 May 2019 and 14 January 2020, and earlier as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives on the platform of PDP.

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The former governor stressed that he expected that the party would “always look inward for internal reforms and provide credible leadership” to the people of Nigeria despite not being the ruling party at the moment. He did not indicate which party he was defecting to or if he was going to join any other one soon after ditching the PDP.Mr Ihedioha served as the governor of Imo State under the PDP platform between 29 May 2019 and 14 January 2020 when the Supreme Court nullified his election and declared Hope Uzodinma of the APC, winner of the 2019 governorship election in the state.

He served as the Deputy Speaker of the House between 6 June 2011 and 6 June 2015 before briefly stepping in as acting speaker when the then substantive Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, was sworn in as the then-governor of Sokoto State.

 

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