The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ondo State Chapter has said that it would not be bothered about series of defectors from the party.
This was contained in a statement signed by Kennedy Peretei, the party’s spokesman Monday in Akure, the state capital.
It would be recalled that Banji Okunomo, a former governorship aspirant of the party in 2020 governorship race Monday resigned his membership from the party.
Mr Solomon Bitire, a former Caretaker Chairman, Okitipupa Local Government Area (LGA) also tendered his resignation from the party on Monday
Also, Mr Jossy Eganosi-Ehinmore and Mr Francis Malo-Olorunwa who are members of the just concluded 2023 PDP Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has also filed their resignation letter on Monday in their Ugbo ward 1in Ilaje LGA
Peretei l, however said that the party had received series of reports of some serial decampees leaving the party with equanimity.
According to him, In the last eighteen months, these same characters have moved in and out of the PDP twice, which is a confirmation of their nomadic essence as politicians.
“Most of them who got promotions beyond their capacities by the PDP have consistently lost their Polling Units to other political parties during elections.
“They have always been trailed by failure in their opportunistic and self-serving inordinate ambitions that drive their insatiable desire for crumbs from the master’s table.
“To put the record straight, Banji Okunomo, Solomon Bitire and their gang of court jesters declared that the PDP was dead in Ondo South, shortly after the PDP Governorship primary election in 2020. They defected to the Zenith Labour Party(ZLP) but shamelessly returned to PDP after their tragic outing that was a measure of their political relevance.
“In all honesty, why should the PDP lose sleep over the exit of such colourless, inconsequential and serial decampees?
“It will not be any surprise if they are treated as political prostitutes wherever they may go. Our party can only wish them the best of luck in their sojourn. In any case, any time they wish to come back, our doors are open. Now that they have established that, they are political herdsmen,” Peretei said.