By Matthew Don
Senator Stella Oduah, former Minister of Aviation and representing Anambra North in the National Assembly has returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), barely three months after she defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).
In joining APGA in June, Oduah had her eyes on the ticket of the party for Anambra North in the coming 2019 general election.
There were no strong indications Oduah will get the ticket of the party with which she got to the Senate in the first place for a second term.
Source said on joining APGA, she discovered that there were many credible and qualified aspirants from her senatorial zone, some of who made huge sacrifices for the reelection of Governor Winnie Obiano.
Unfortunately for Oduah, the APGA leadership was not ready to supplant members who had worked to keep the party relevant when she was having fun in PDP to impress her.
Explaining why she had to return to her vomit, Oduah said she could not understand APGA’s ideological leanings to Igboland.
She had offered reasons of leaving APGA in a statement on Friday by her media office.
Her words: “Politics has always been about ideology and delivering service to the people for me because I believe leadership is all about solving problems.
“Political platforms must afford members unfettered opportunity to participate in the electoral process and to solve the problems of their community, constituency and state.
“I joined APGA because I thought it had sound ideological leanings native to Igboland. But my ideological expectations were a mirage. I discovered that internal democracy, which will guarantee justice, fairness and equity, was also not in practice at the party.
“After due consultations and with respect to my religious beliefs, I announce that PDP remains the vehicle through which I will keep fulfilling my mandate to the people of Anambra North. Thank you.”