Dr Cairo Ojougboh, the former
factional deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has
left the party along with his loyalists.
The defectors threw their party
cards into the waste bin at Ojougboh's home in Agbor, Ika South local
government area of Delta state.
In his speech, the former
national vice-chairman, South-South of the PDP, said they had been patient with
their former party to learn from the bitter lessons that cost the party the
presidency, but like the leopard and its unchanging spots, the acts of impunity
that have continued after the Supreme Court judgment that ousted the Senator
Sheriff leadership is a clear testimony that the PDP will not change.
Ojougboh further disclosed that
the misappropriation of the over N20 billion Paris club funds in Delta by the
Okowa administration, nepotism and other corrupt practices, made him and others
to renounce the party.
The ceremony was witnessed by the
minister of Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu and leaders of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the South-South zone.
Kachikwu conveyed the goodwill of
President Muhammadu Buhari to the defectors.
Chief Hilliard Eta, APC South
South national vice chairman, told the defectors that the doors of
opportunities in the party were open to the new group to take over Delta 2019
campaign.
Hope they will not cause confusion later on
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