About a thousand APC members in Bayelsa State have defected to PDP within a month. According to a report by The Punch, over 1,...
About a thousand APC members in Bayelsa State have defected to PDP within a month.
According to a report by The Punch, over 1,000 members of the political party have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party in the South South state.
Led by Senator John Brambaifa and Mr. Alex Ekiotenne, the defecting members, comprises of 800 delegates that were party of the APC governorship primary election which held in the state.
The defectors were received by the state governor, Seriake Dickson of the PDP at a ceremony which took place at Peace Park, Yenagoa on Saturday, October 31, 2015.
Also spotted at the welcome party were Deputy National Chairman, PDP, South-South, Mr. Cairo Ojuigbo; Acting State Chairman, PDP, Mr. Serena Dokubo-Spiff; Bayelsa Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd.), among other PDP leaders.
Speaking at the occasion, Ekiotenne noted that with their return to the PDP, the APC in Bayelsa was buried.
