Former Ondo PDP chairman Ebenezer Alabi dumps party

Ebenezer Alabi, a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, has dumped the party. Alabi said he decided to abandon PDP after 21 years after consultations with his family members, political associates, friends and followers on the state of affairs of the PDP in the state.

He specifically accused leaders of the party into turning every election cycle to opportunity for extortion of funds from aspirants.

Hence, Alabi said he could not continue to cohabit with ‘political leaders whose aim is to make financial fortunes at every cycle of election.”

In his resignation letter tendered at his Ward 11, Akure North Local Government of Ondo State, Alabi said: “The large chunk of money sent for mobilization during the past general elections ended up in the private pockets of these leaders at the detriment of the party’s victory.

“Some of them found it easy to extort money from many aspirants during primary elections and ended up allocating delegates’ votes to them in the proportion of amounts coerced to cough out. The overall success of the party is none of their concern, in as much as their personal aggrandizement is satisfied.

“Unfortunately, the depressing reality is that I am yet to notice any radical departure from this ugly trend, hence my decision to quit in order not to be part of further political misfortunes.

“As I take a final bow today, let me use this medium to express my deep appreciation to you and all other party members for their support, respect and cooperation accorded me for the past 21 years.”