The daughter of David Mark, former Senate President, Blessing Onuh-Mark has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party barely a week after she failed to clinch the party's ticket for the Otukpo/Ohimini Federal Constituency.
According to Dailypost, Blessing who is a wife to the former Local Government Chairman of Otukpo, Innocent Onuh, was advised to step aside for her uncle, Johnson Egli Ahubi, but she refused. She, however, lost the ticket to him during primaries.
“The truth is, Blessing was not happy with the whole drama that played out. She is also not happy because her father did not use his influence to get her the ticket.
“But (Okpani) Mark told her to wait until 2023 but she refused. Senator Mark doesn’t want to impose his daughter on the people. Now, she has picked the SDP ticket with Mike Onoja who also decamped from PDP last week.”
The report quoted a source as saying her defection will not affect the electoral fortune of the party.
“She was not known before now as a member of the party, she was only riding on her father’s influence. Her defection is immaterial and we don’t care if she’s leaving or not.
“Well, it has not been made known but I don’t think it is worth discussing.”
