1,200 APC, LP leaders defect to PDP

*As PDP inaugurates Atiku/Okowa Campaign Council

No fewer than 1,200 leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Labour Party, LP, yesterday, joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State.

The decampees were announced by the Special Adviser to Bayelsa State Governor on Political Matters, Chief Collins Cocodia, during the inauguration of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council in Yenagoa.

Prominent among the defectors were former Director-General of the APC Governorship Campaign Council in 2019, Prof. Seiyefa Brisibe; Dr. Steven Ogola, Mr. Lucky Amadi, Chief Ebikiri Akpolo, Mr. Edwin Oweibi, Adolphus Agwuo, Steven Adaka, Abaka Tamaraebi, Kankada Ebipabowei, Chief Ebikitin Diongoli, Adagbayan Hammoh, Kingsley Mirin and thousands of their followers.

Speaking on behalf of the defectors, Brisibe and Ogola said men of good conscience cannot remain in the APC as the party lacked leadership and integrity.

They said their time in the APC was like being in the wilderness for several years but had no choice than to return to the PDP for redemption.

They added that their decision was borne out of the sterling qualities of Governor Douye Diri and the good governance and infrastructural transformation being witnessed in the three senatorial districts of the state under his administration.

Receiving the defectors on behalf of the party, Diri said the returnees and new members would enjoy all the rights and privileges that PDP members were entitled to.

Also inaugurating the Presidential Campaign Council in the state, Diri described Bayelsa as home of the PDP, where the party’s victory is always guaranteed.

He advised members of the council to keep the campaigns issue-based and not engage in propaganda and blackmail.

In his goodwill message, the Senator representing Bayelsa West, Chief Seriake Dickson, promised to make the job of winning the presidential election easy for the governor based on the performance of the PDP in the state and as the only party to beat.

The Presidential Campaign Council has Governor Diri as chairman while the deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, is vice chairman of the 300-member council while the Advisory Council is led by Senator Dickson.

Culled from Vanguard


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