ABUJA – President Jonathan’s remark last week that his friends had deserted him owing to his electoral loss gathered momentum on Wednesday
when his kinsmen representing him at the National and State Assembly
left in droves from his party to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The lawmakers who officially announced their defection from the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP alongside their supporters at the APC
national secretariat included Senator Clever Marcus Ikisikpo ( Bayelsa
East senatorial district), Mr. Nadu Karibo ( Ogbia federal
constituency), Accompanied to the party’s office by the former Bayelsa
State Governor, Chief Timipre Silva, the politicians said that their
movement to the APC was long overdue but for fear of the unknown.Speaking at the event, Senator Ikisikpo who led the delegation justified their departure on the basis of the benefits that awaited their constituencies in APC.
According to him, hopes were also high that the Governor of the State, Mr. Seriake Dickson would soon join them in APC.
He further revealed that the PDP had been hijacked by self-serving individuals.
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