More importantly, while Ihedioha stoically accepted the verdict, members of the PDP, both at the state and national level, felt otherwise. For Imo PDP, the development was nothing to worry about as the state secretary of the party, Nze Ray Emeana, said the Imo PDP still controlled majority seats in the legislature. “Before we can talk about an executive/legislative relationship in the Imo State, we have to look at the character of the current political actors in the state. It was too early in the day to start witnessing the type of defections we saw on Tuesday at the plenary of the Imo State House of Assembly. The relationship between the executive and legislative arms of government in Imo State may likely be too cozy and to the discomfort of the people of the state.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 24, 2020 03:33 UTC