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Ondo PDP spokesperson quits party

Mr Peretei said the party is now leaving the “Intensive Care Unit for morgue.”

• April 9, 2025
Kennedy Peretei
Kennedy Peretei

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) spokesperson in Ondo State, Kennedy Peretei, has announced his resignation from the party.

In his letter of resignation, addressed to the party’s chairman of Arogbo Ward I in the Ese-Odo Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, Mr Peretei said the party is now leaving the “Intensive Care Unit for morgue.”

He explained that he decided to leave the PDP because those who claim to be in leadership positions within the opposition party have no intention of winning any elections.

“I wish to inform you about my decision to quit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as those who claim to be at the leadership of the party have no intention to win any elections, now or in the future.

“It is difficult to work with people whose interests are only themselves and how they can use the party to trade every election year,” he said in the copy of the letter.

While noting that he had also served as the financial secretary of the party from 1999 to 2003 before emerging as the state publicity secretary, Mr Peretei stated that he had contributed his quota at every level for the PDP’s success.

He, however, expressed sadness that those who have held the PDP ‘hostage’, thereby making it impossible for the party to win elections, have tightened their grip further to continue milking the party’s resources.

“I contributed my quota at every level. But the same people who have held the party hostage, making it impossible to win elections in the last three election cycles, have tightened their grip on a party that laid prostrate at the Intensive Care Unit. The PDP in Ondo State is now on its way to the morgue.

“For those who depend on election funds and party patronage to run their families, I admonish them to seek second addresses, so that, they can live more meaningful lives than that of political bandits, Almajaris or just ‘Yes’ men,” Mr Peretei further added in the statement.

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