Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- A former member of the House of Representatives from Akwa Ibom State, Onofiok Luke, has vowed not to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

"This party has given me all my political platforms, from governor's aide to state legislature, and speaker (Akwa Ibom House of Assembly) and thereafter federal lawmaker. So, if this same party is in its trying times, good conscience forbids that I abandon it," Mr Luke, a lawyer, said on Monday, 26 January, at a PDP stakeholders' meeting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom.

Mr Luke, who represented Etinan/Nsit Ibom/Nsit Ubium Federal Constituency from 2019 to 2023, said he will rather remain in the PDP and help to rebuild the party than defect to another party.

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