Politics
Former APC Chairman, Buhari’s Rep, Lawmaker, 5000 Others Defect To PDP
A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Tiwei Orunimiye has led over 98 leaders and 5000 members of the opposition APC to the People’s Democratic Party In Bayelsa State.
Those who defected to the APC on Saturday included a serving lawmaker representing Brass 2 Constituency in the House of Assembly, Hon. Alfred Watson, President Buhari’s Representative in Ogbia Local Government Area in the 2015 elections, Chief Orifie Ene, the Chairman of the Bayelsa Waterways, Mr. Akparasia Africa, and 98 leaders of the party in the state.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Relations, Mr. FIdelis Soriwei, stated that the Governor received the defected APC Chieftains at the Oxbow Lake Pavillion, Yenagoa, on Saturday.
Governor said that the latest batch of decampees from the APC signified the death of the party in the state.
He stressed that the 98 leaders of the APC led into the PDP by the former Chairman of the party represented the soul of the opposition party which gave the PDP a fight for the Governorship of the state in 2015.
He said that those who defected to the PDP were the real members of the party different from the supposed leaders of the party whose influence was prominent only on the pages of newspapers.
He said, “We welcome Chief Tiwei Oruminiye, our brother Africa, our member in House of Assembly, Hon. Alfred Watson, Chief Gita and indeed the 98 leaders and over 5000 members of the APC to the PDP.
“With what has happened, we have already brought down the APC in Bayelsa. These are the original owners of the APC and they represented the soul of the APC.
“Theses were the people who engaged us in the fight for the Governorship of the state in 2012. They tried their best but we were too much for them.
“Although I don’t intend to mention names, I know that the person they worked for should be grateful to these people. Everywhere we went during the election , these were the people that we saw.
“When they were doing the fraud in Oporoma, these were the people we saw. The APC does not have a life with the defection of these people to our party.”
Governor Dickson promised to ensure that those coming into the PDP from the APC were treated fairly and given the same treatment as the members they are meeting in the party.
He called on the few remaining members of the party who were opposed to cultism, violence and were interested in the development of Bayelsa to dump the APC which he described as a haven for cultists and violent people.
He urged all those nursing political ambitions to go about them without fear of molestation stressing that the party under his leadership was ready provide a level playing ground for all aspirants.
Speaking also at the event, the former Chairman of the APC, Chief Tiwei Orunimiye, said that he alongside others brought the APC to Bayelsa but decided to dump it because of its lack of missionand vision.
He described the leader of the party in the state, Chief Timipre Silva, as a businessman rather than a politician.
He criticized Silva’s approach and violent disposition to the resolution of party issues from the State to the national level.
The former APC Chief said that Bayelsa would not opt for cultism in place of good and creative leadership provided by Governor Dickson.
He contradicted an alleged claim by Sylva that those who defected to the PDP betrayed him, saying those who left the party were the ones who engaged the PDP during the last election at Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.
He stressed that Sylva could go to court to contest the outcome of the last election because of the efforts of the 98 leaders who led their followers into the PDP on Saturday.
The members who came enmasse to the venue displayed their party cards which they later tore to shreds.
In his address, the State Chairman of the PDP, Chief Moses Cleopas described the APC as party that was not only dead in the state but would also die at the national level.
He urged members of the PDP to exploit their leadership qualities to win elections for the PDP in the state.
Dr. Peter Ejirika, CPA
September 9, 2018 at 11:57 pm
BIANCA OJUKWU’S POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS AND THE HOUSE OF OJUKWU
It is apparently disgusting to observe that the House of Ojukwu has developed a culture of acrimony in spite of the magnanimity of the Ojukwu’s Estate. It is worth noting that the Patriarch Ojukwu was metaphorically, a fraction of a whole that was greater than a whole, in that at a time, when Nigeria couldn’t afford a Rolls Royce Car he was gracious to loan his to Nigeria that way the visiting Princess Alexandra had means of transportation while she was in Nigeria. But the present generation of the Ojukwus are literally from Mars while the patriarch was from Jupiter. However, it needs to be made known to the present generation of the Ojukwu’s that the name Ojukwu carries some air of decorum, civility, and professional integrity that needs to be adored and maintained in all human transactions. Invariably, a law suit would have been brought against the present generation of the Ojukwus by certain members of a Professional Cadre of the Civilized World who served Biafra as Military Officers though they were Teenagers. The only reason for avoiding this extreme measure, at this time, is the belief that the independence of the Judiciary under Buhari’s administration is highly questionable.
However, the question one of the Ojukwus raised regarding the constitutionality of having Bianca Ojukwu contest an election in the Political Subdivision of her late husband, General Emeka Ojukwu is far reaching and has broad based ramifications regardless of whether one adopts a narrow or broader construction of the term “citizenship”. In actuality, the Ojukwu Junior is questioning the constitutionality of conferring on a married woman, for a marriage that was contracted in good faith the rights and privileges of the citizenship of the husband. It is abundantly clear that the House of Ojukwu has a college of Attorneys so the question is why didn’t one of these Attorneys interpret the laws of Citizenship to Ojukwu Junior? The only reason is the prevalence of acrimony in the House of Ojukwu that is debarring the cordial resolution of such conflicts. So, if the legislature of Anambra State holds the view that Bianca is ineligible to contest an election in the Political Subdivision of her late husband, it then behooves the legislature to apply the same standards to all married women who are contesting or has contested or will contest an election in the political subdivision of their husband. In which case, Ojukwu junior could be said to have let loose a cancer worm that no one knows the extent such a worm will travel and the extent of its damage. To this end, the retired underage officers of the Biafran Military want the House of Ojukwu to understand that every Biafran has a futuristic interest in the name Ojukwu, the peoples’ general of the Biafran Military as such all should respect the aspirations of Bianca though we don’t approve of the participation of Biafrans in the politics of Nigeria.
Dr. Peter Ejirika, CPA
Scholarly Practitioner
Montgomery, West Virginia
Pilot Officer Biafran Air Force. Umumasi, Port Harcourt
Anonymous
September 9, 2018 at 6:34 pm
The beinging of the end part1.
Anonymous
September 9, 2018 at 11:08 am
Everywhere will be sinking down APC led Government, a terrorist Government
Anonymous
September 9, 2018 at 10:48 am
Downfall of APC
Anonymous
September 9, 2018 at 9:30 am
It was earlier prophesied that A.P.C is sinking ship, and it is manifesting already. so I’m not surprised of the members defections.
Anonymous
September 9, 2018 at 9:08 am
Come and join me let’s share this my little breakfast,,,,,,, let’s forget this expired zoo. 14 SEPTEMBER 2018 BIAFRANS SIT AT HOME
Anonymous
September 9, 2018 at 8:58 am
Fake APC man in Nigeria Give up