Jonathan’s Senator, Rep, Others Defect To APC

Jonathan’s Senator, Rep, Others Defect To APC

Barely two months after it lost the presidency to the All
Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) yesterday suffered another major loss as the senator and
House of Representatives member representing President
Goodluck Jonathan’s home constituency at the current National
Assembly, Senator Clever Marcus Ikisikpo and Hon Nadu Karibo,
have both defected to the APC.

Others who dumped their former party the (PDP) include Hon
Azibola Omekwe, reprensenting Ogbia Constituency 1; Hon Fini
Angaye , Kolokuma/Opukuma constituency 2 of Bayelsa State
House of Assembly, former Ogbia local government chairman,
Hon Innocent Kaku and a chieftain of the party, Nadari Banigo
Addressing journalists at the APC national secretariat , Abuja,
leader of the defectors and senator representing Bayelsa East
senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator Clever
Ikisikpo, said they believe that Bayelsa State would be better
represented under the APC platform.

While berating the PDP for under-developing the state, he said
that their new party would work hard to win the governorship
election in the state coming up later this year.

Senator Ikisikpo stated that the sentiment that prevented them
from moving to the APC before the election was over, explaining
that they would have moved earlier but did not want to be
associated with the consequence that would have befallen
President Jonathan after the election.

“We express our readiness today to work with the APC at the
local, state and national levels. We are convinced that APC best
represents the future for Ogbia, for Bayelsa and for Nigeria.
Together, we hereby join the movement for change in Nigeria,” he
said.

Former Bayelsa State governor and leader of APC in the state,
Chief Timipre Sylvia, said Bayelsans had realised that they
needed change and that time had come for them to embrace it.
He regretted that the party worked hard in the just concluded
election to deliver the state to the APC but PDP Forces who
were bent at riging the election frustrated their efforts.

The former governor assured the party leaders that APC would
clinch the governorship seat in the next election.