2 governors, 40 lawmakers to leave PDP – Ugochinyere

Ikenga Ugochinyere, a federal lawmaker and influential figure in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, has warned of an impending wave of defections that could destabilize the party.

In a video shared on social media, Ugochinyere alleged that internal strife and discontent with the PDP leadership have pushed 40 members of the national assembly and two governors to the brink of leaving the party.

“Because of the crisis in the party, I can confirm to you that two more governors in the party want to decamp and 40 lawmakers also want to decamp,” he said.

Ugochinyere accused Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, and Samuel Anyanwu, PDP National Secretary, of undermining the party’s unity. He urged the National Working Committee (NWC) to take swift action to prevent what he described as a looming disaster.

“Averting this imminent danger, which will happen in the matter of days, the NWC must immediately rise up and summon an emergency meeting of the party with the simple majority which they already have, with or without Damagum, to expel Anyanwu the political traitor and also ratify the removal of Damagum by anointing a north-central person as acting or substantial national chairman of our party.

“Here in Imo, we don’t know who Anyanwu is. We only know him as an APC agent and a political coward who has no shame and is accepting to be the one to bury Africa’s biggest opposition party.”

According to Ugochinyere, the Imo chapter of the PDP has already endorsed Anyanwu’s removal at the state level and called on the national leadership to affirm that decision.

“As state leader of the party, I’m saying Chris Odoemenam is our state acting chairman, and the NWC must also recognise that so we can start the internal cleansing of our party,” he said.

He further accused Wike and Anyanwu of orchestrating legal maneuvers intended to weaken the party’s national leadership.

“PDP is sinking and it is sinking very fast, and despite the damage they have done, they have perfected fresh plans again to ensure that the NWC is incapacitated with multiple suits filed at the federal high court,” he alleged.

Ugochinyere warned that without urgent intervention, the party risks losing even more members and influence ahead of the 2027 elections. He repeated his call for a leadership shake-up, starting with the replacement of acting national chairman Iliya Damagum.