There’s been a mass defection of key members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State to the All Progressives Congress.
The defection, which occurred on Friday, saw two-time member of House of Representatives, Chief Warman Ogoriba, some former aides of Governor Seriake Dickson, and many other PDP supporters, decamp to the APC
While addressing the defectors, the former governor of the state, Timipre Sylva said APC would, on February 14, 2016, occupy the state Government House, Yenagoa, as the ruling party, going on to declare that PDP is dead in the state.
He said: “The party is a sweet family. The message is that all of us should come together and form one big family. The dirt on Yenagoa and Bayelsa will be swept off by the APC and thrown into Opuabadi (sea).
“As for the PDP, do not make any mistake. The PDP government in Bayelsa State is dead. Its funeral is being postponed. We will bury it soon.”
The other defectors are; former commissioners in the state: Charles Opuola, Nelson Belief, Sylvanus Abila, and Ayiba Nelson, Adolphus Ofongo, Lucky Yeboah, Romeo Ebizimor, Williams Ofoni, John Ebikake and Moses Tariebe, among others.
Prominent APC chieftains who received the defectors at the party’s secretariat in Yenagoa includes; former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva; former Acting governors Nestor Binabo and Werinipre Seibarugu; Ambassador Felix Oboro, state Chairman of APC, Tiwei Orunimighe; his deputy, Eddy Julius; Secretary, Marlin Daniel and Publicity Secretary, Panebi Fortune, among others.
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