The former Nasarawa State gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in 2023, Dr David Ombugadu, has disclosed that he resigned from the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) weeks after defecting to the party because the party denied his followers membership registration.
Speaking to the Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Nasarawa State Council, during an interaction in Lafia, he stated that he defected to All Progresive Congress (APC) to work for the success of President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s reelection bid in 2027, but the denial of his followers membership registration with the party made him to returned to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
He explained that he requested the party to open the portal to register his followers who also left PDP to join the APC, but the leadership of the party in the state turned down his request.
Ombugadu, however, explained that with his capacity and as a seasoned politician who has followers across the state, he can never be a king in his house and later become a servant in someone’s house.
He said, ” I didn’t request any position to be given to me in the party, even ward chairman or secretary, I only requested registration of my members, which they denied me. That was the reason I left the APC again.
“I say I cannot stay in a place where my people and I are not safe. And I can never be a king in my house and later become a servant in someone’s house,” he stressed.
Speaking, former Nasarawa State PDP chairman, Francis Orugo, who accompanied Ombugadu to the interation, said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), in the state, was still much on ground to challenge the ruling party in the state, despite the internal crisis rocking the party at the national level.
Commenting on the complaint in some quarters that David Ombugadu was only seen coming to contest the election and disappearing after the electioneering, Orugo dismissed the insinuation, describing it as the handiwork of detractors, urging the people of the state to disregard the insinuations.
