A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and a former
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Tom Ikimi on Thursday said that he
decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party to earn his respect.
Chief Ikimi, who disclosed this in Benin when he was received by the leadership of the PDP at the secretariat of the party, also noted that had implicit confidence in the national leader of the party,
Chief Ikimi, who disclosed this in Benin when he was received by the leadership of the PDP at the secretariat of the party, also noted that had implicit confidence in the national leader of the party,
Chief Tony
Anenih, adding that, “we shall have a common agenda of working for the
party in Edo state and Nigeria in general.”
He insisted that he
was not leaving the APC for the PDP to vie for any elective political
office, saying that, “I left the APC for the PDP where I shall be given
my respects and my personal dignity respected.”
The former
minister also stated that he had consulted with his family and the
National Executive Committee of the PDP before joining the party.
Ikimi said, “I come here today not as a new member. I come here to be fully identified with my groups of 1999 and 2003.
“In
politics, the party is supreme. We came here as cooks to cook the food
and share it to others. But those who came in took the food away, the
plates, the pots and everything away and left the cooks with nothing.
“The
PDP will take over the state once again and once beaten, twice shy. I
am not interested in being in a party of enemies, where a party man will
plot against the party; I am at peace with all the leaders of the PDP
whether big or small.
“I have implicit confidence in Chief Tony
Anenih and we have had several meetings and I believe we have bridged
the gaps. We shall have common agenda in working for the party in the
state and Nigeria.”
Earlier, the Edo State Chairman of the PDP,
Chief Dan Orbih, described the membership of the former APC chieftain as
boost to the party, adding that Ikimi was a “prophet” who had honour in
his home.
“Your joining the PDP is a plus for the party and a minus to the APC. As we begin to move towards the next election and, although it is said that a prophet has no honour in his home, you are the prophet who has honour at home,” he said.
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