Ahead of Saturday’s election, the National leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) yesterday revealed that some All Progressives Congress (APC) governors and their deputies would return to the PDP.
Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, said this followed the nation wide consultations and discussions in the last couple of weeks to that effect.
While reacting to the defection of the deputy governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru, Secondus said noted that towards the last days of campaigns, the APC would totally crumble, noting that with the defection of deputy governor to the PDP was a clear indication that President Goodluck Jonathan has the vision to take Nigeria to the next level. Secondus further pointed out that with the exit of the deputy governor and other candidates from the APC in Rivers, it was an indication that “Governor Rotimi Amaechi was not providing any governance and the people have lost confidence in him,” adding that “it was now a landslide victory for PDP in the country.”
Similarly, the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) yesterday called on other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to emulate the deputy governor of Rivers State, Tele Ikuru, by decamping to the PDP. Ikuru abandoned the APC yesterday.
Director of Media and Publicity of the Peoples Democratic Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO), Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, said in a statement yesterday in Abuja that the PDP was happy to receive Ikuru back into its family.
According to Fani-Kayode, “We are glad to hear about the return of the deputy governor of Rivers state, Tele Ikuru, to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) family. This was a deeply courageous step and we welcome with open arms.
“We encourage other key leaders of the APC to abandon the ranks of the doomed and to join the PDP. We urge them to see the light and retrace their steps in the same way that the deputy governor of Rivers state has done.
“The defection of the deputy governor at this critical time represents a deep and grievous spiritual wound on the APC. They are falling apart at the seams and they are crumbling. We agree with deputy governor that the APC are a party of rebels and anarchists and they are a party of deceit.
“With a governor like Rotimi Amaechi, we wonder why the deputy governor took so long to leave. The stench of filth and corruption that emanated from Amaechi’s government must have been too much for his deputy governor to bear any longer.
“May God forgive the APC for that stench and for trying to deceive and destroy Nigeria. Others should emulate the deputy governor and take the path of honour by leaving the APC before it is too late.” (Leadership)
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