BREAKING: Another APGA Chieftain dumps party because of Otti's leadership failures
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Chief David Onuoha Ogba
Weeks after party Chieftain and close confidant of defeated All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) 2015 Governorship candidate in Abia State, Chief Damian Ozurumba, joined the People Democratic Party (PDP) and dumped Dr Alex Otti, another Chieftain of the party, Chief David Onuoha Ogba (aka Bourdex) dumped the party this evening for All Progressive Congress (APC) today.
Chief Ogba who was the defeated APGA Senatorial candidate for Abia north endorsed his APC membership form today at his Abiriba residence and pledged allegiance to the broom.
When contacted, a reliable source who is close to Chief Ogba told Factnewsonline that the former APGA Chieftain left the party as a result of "the poor leadership of Dr Otti" whom he accused of political selfishness and failure to lead the party.
Our source claimed that Bourdex firmly believe that Otti was responsible for his defeat during the 2015 Senatorial election as he "went behind his back to ask Arochukwu voters to vote for his opponent, Mao Ohuabunwa of PDP for Senate and back him, Otti, for Governorship". Otti was also accessed of focusing only on his personal ambition to be Governor of Abia State instead of building the party that gave him ticket when he decamped from PDP in 2014.
Our source further revealed that Otti has completely lost control of the remaining APGA legislators in the state house of assembly as they have perfected plans to join PDP next month. According to our source, "other APGA Chieftains are also getting set to decamp to PDP or APC as they believe the party is dead in Abia State because of Alex Otti's leadership ineptitude". Chief Bourdex Onuoha is expected to be presented to the members of APC at an event in October at Umuahia.
When contacted, PDP Leader in Abiriba and Abia North, Chief Mba Ukariwo described the decampment of Chief Bourdex to APC as a good omen for the PDP in Abia State as. according to him, "even at gun point our people will never vote for APC and with APGA weakened further Governor Ikpeazu will lead PDP to a landslide victory in 2019. According to the popular businessman and former Council Chairman of the Abia State Polytechnic, "2019 will be about scorecards and when that time comes Governor Ikpeazu's scorecard will compel our people to troop out enmasse and vote for him and others on PDP tickets".
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