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Barr Chijioke Edeoga has finally rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a few weeks after meeting with the party’s leadership.

According to ZINGTIE, Edeoga abandoned the PDP during the party’s primary election and joined the Labour Party (LP), where he fiercely opposed Peter Mbah, the PDP’s then-candidate and current governor.

However, Edeoga was visited at his house in Enugu by the state’s PDP chairman, Hon. Martin Chukwunweike, who persuaded him to rejoin the PDP, his political family.

The state’s APC had also persuaded Edeoga to join them before the PDP leadership’s visit.

Edeoga’s meeting with the LP stakeholders in his Isi-Uzo Local Government Area last week, where he presented both alternatives to them, made it more apparent that he had chosen the PDP. Stakeholders expressed a stronger preference for him to return to the PDP.

Edeoga, who called his return “home coming,” finally made it to the PDP secretariat in Enugu on Monday.

Edeoga addressed party supporters and expressed gratitude to Governor Mbah and his Eha-Amufu Ward III, Isi-Uzo LGA, and state party leaderships for facilitating his seamless return.

The former LP candidate for governor declared that it was time for everyone to support Governor Mbah in his outstanding job in Enugu State, reaffirming his commitment to the PDP.

“I want to say that I’m happy to be here. I want to start by thanking in a very special way, the governor of Enugu State. I appreciate that what has happened today cannot begun to be conceived without his political involvement.

“By this gesture, he has demonstrated a mental state that is worthy of appreciation and that is worthy of being supported or rewarded to the extent that is humanly possible.

“A thing like this has never happened in the annals of Enugu State politics. It might look small, but it will cause a paradigm shift in the way politics is played in Enugu State.

“It is no longer something where you warehouse bitterness. It is no longer winner takes all. All those things that people have been trying to preach in Nigeria like accommodating everybody, are being demonstrated in Enugu State.

“So, I rededicate myself again to the PDP to make sure that the PDP remains a winning machine in Enugu State as it has always been. I am happy to be here. I appreciate all those who made it possible,” he stated.

Dr. Chukwunweike stated in his speech that Edeoga’s return was crucial for the Enugu PDP and that Governor Peter Mbah, who he claimed wanted a unified Enugu PDP, had given his full approval.

“Our number one term of reference upon our election as the state’s party leadership is to reunite the party. His Excellency said that we must work to bring everybody together. So, today is a major step in that direction.

“With this move and many others like it to come, 2027 general elections will be a walkover for the PDP in Enugu State. So, we warmly welcome our brother and his supporters back,” he said.

Barr. Obiora Obeagu, the council chairman of Isi-Uzo, Edeoga’s native LGA, called his return a historic event for the Isi-Uzo and Enugu PDP, a confirmation of Mbah’s leadership, and a vindication of those who contributed to the governor’s win in the 2023 election.

“It is a welcome development. For me, I will say it is long expected, considering the conciliatory dispositions of our capable governor.

“From day one, the governor has shown that after politics, we have governance. Not minding that the major opposition came from Isi-Uzo, Governor Peter Mbah started a lot of projects there. When the Smart Schools were first being awarded, Isi-Uzo got the next to the highest. That will show you the type of a leader he is.

“Beyond the Smart Green Schools, we have Type-2 Primary Healthcare Centres across all the wards. We have the almost completed 21.7km asphalt road going to our farm settlements as well as the ongoing 41km Owo-Ubahu-Amankanu-Neke-Ikem dual carriageway to help open up the economic corridors and solve the problem of insecurity.

“These things are practical and there is nobody that will see them and will not want to come back to the PDP and join the governor in the good works he is doing to transform Enugu State.

“So, what has happened today has vindicated some of us in Isi-Uzo that supported Mbah in 2023. We made our choices then and today Hon. Edeoga is also making that same choice. It is a welcome development. I believe we are all one now and we are all going to join Governor Mbah to work for the interest of Ndi Enugu,” he stated.

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