Supporters of the ousted
factional leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ali Modu Sheriff, have
reportedly joined the All Progressive Congress (APC).
They claimed they were “forced
out” from the PDP.
The loyalists were led by the
former deputy national chairman of the PDP, Cairo Ojougboh, a former member of
House of Representatives, who is also a former vice chairman of PDP in the
South-South zone.
The Minister of State for
Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachukwu; national vice chairman of APC (S/S), Mr. Hilliard
Eta; chairman of the party in the state, Jones Erue; O’tega Emerhor and
Hyacinth Enuha were among the APC chieftains that received the new members at a
ceremony in Agbor, Ika South L.G.A in Delta state.
Ojougboh says members of the
Sheriff faction were sidelined, after Senator Ahmed Makarfi won the leadership
tussle at the Supreme Court.
His words: “We asked the national
body to open up the party after the unfortunate court judgment; the next thing
we heard was that they were going to grant us amnesty as if we are criminals.
When Raymond Dokpesi was nominated as member of the committee for the
non-elective convention, his nomination was rejected because they said they
spent money on the court judgment.
“As if that was not enough,
during the Anambra State governorship primary election, Jerry Gana was made
chairman of a three-man committee to midwife a transparent election but
governors Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State and Nyesom Wike of Rivers State rejected it
and came up with another committee that went to Anambra and handed everything
to Peter Obi.
“Back here in Delta, we asked the
state governor, Ifeanyi Okowa to remove impunity but what we continue to see here
is a corrupt and family government. Till date, Okowa has not been able to
account for the N20 billion Paris Club refund.”
According to Ojugboh, “We now
said it is time to look for people of like minds, people of progressive
ideology to meet with because I know most of you have ambitions to pursue. If
we do not make a decision to belong to the progressives, most of you will miss
out.”
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