Rep. explains defection from PDP to UPP
A member of the House of Representatives, representing Oshodi/Isolo Federal Constituency of Lagos state, Rep. Tony Nwulu has explained why he defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the United Progressive Party (UPP) when majority of his colleagues last Tuesday defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the PDP.
Rep. Nwulu, who hails from Imo state in an interview said that politics in whatever shape is local and as such he believes the UPP will be a better party that would support his political fuure.
The lawmaker who promoted the recently endorsed not too young to run bill, said that “l needed to leave PDP now because of my governorship ambition and the fact that the Imo state chapter of the party is currently saturated by recycled politicians who don’t like the face of young men like me.
“I know that any attempt for me to remain I may not have this kind of opportunity again and if you recall just last April, all the youths in Imo state stormed the National Assembly to encourage me to run so I cannot afford to disappoint the youth.”
He said that his defection was as a result of irreconcilable conflicts in the PDP and is in accordance with Section 68 1(g) of the 1999 Constitution as amended.
Asked why he chose to pitch camp with the UPP, he said that “besides having a governorship ambition, the new platform was a better party to achieve my political ambition in Imo state”.
