Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani of the Enugu-East Senatorial District has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Nnamani, a former governor of Enugu State, expressed gratitude to his constituents for their unwavering support over the years in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday.
According to Nnamani, he has discussed his decision with his associates and constituents and has decided to leave the PDP due to irreconcilable differences with the party’s national leadership.
He stated that he had moved on and hoped that his modest contributions to the development of his constituency would serve as foundations for his successors.
Nnamani thanked Nigerians, especially the ‘Ebeano’ political family and urged them to remain steadfast in the years ahead.
The former governor reaffirmed his acquaintance with the President-elect Sen. Bola Tinubu and promised to continue to partner with him.
He expressed optimism that a Tinubu-led administration would promote good governance, rule of law and human rights for the interest of all Nigerians.
Nnamani had in the build up to the 2023 general elections, insisted that he won’t rescind his decision to support the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Tinubu, now President-elect.
According to Nnamani, he decided to align with Tinubu, because the PDP has breached its Constitution by subverting the principle of power rotation.
NAN also reports that Nnamani lost his reelection bid to the Senate to Labour Party (LP) candidate, Kelvin Chukwu.
The LP candidate polled 69,136 to beat Nnamani of the PDP, who scored 48, 701 votes.
