Bayelsa PDP Chieftain Senator Oboro dumps PDP, Defects To APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State on Friday received Senator Fred Oboro, a defecting chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into its fold.

Oboro, a former Senator, was received by the State Chairman of APC and party executives,
three senatorial candidates of the party in the forthcoming polls, and party loyalists.

Speaking at the event, Senator Oboro, who noted that he was a founding member of PDP in Bayelsa, criticized the ruling party for lacking what he described as internal democracy.

He said that President Jonathan owed the state an apology for neglecting his home state during his six years as President.

“In 1998, we laid the foundations for PDP and nurtured the party to become the dominant party that it has become in the state, but the outcome of the recent PDP congress has destroyed the cohesion in the party.

“The people of Bayelsa have been yearning for development, and pledged that the APC presidential candidate would reverse the trend,” Oboro said.

He expressed the view that Bayelsa has fared better under presidents from the North, recalling that the state was created by General Sanni Abacha while the amnesty programme being enjoyed by the youths of the state was the handiwork of Late President Musa Yar’Adua.

He said that the Ijaw nation has not benefitted from Jonathan Presidency and declared that those canvassing support for him base their support on mere sentiments.

Also speaking at the occasion, Chief Timipre Sylva, a former governor and an APC Senate candidate in the coming polls, said that Oboro, who was a pillar in PDP, will be an asset to APC.

He asserted that insecurity, widespread poverty and epileptic power supply would be addressed if the APC is voted by Nigerians in the coming elections.