Over 90% of defectors are APC members, other fringe elements in PDP ---Dickson
*Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State
(Nigeria) Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has
said that the purported members of the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP, who
defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC,
are outsiders to the party.
The governor said in a statement by his Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, on Thursday, that the defectors are elements
within the party who were engrossed internal sabotage activities against the
party.
He said that most of the defectors who formed an opposition
group within the PDP actually supported the Action Democratic Congress in the
last election while the rest refused to work for the party.
He reiterated his position that the defections which he
described as infinitesimal would not have any detrimental effect on the
electoral fortunes of the PDP in the next gubernatorial election in the state
as shown by the general acceptability of the party.
Governor Dickson said that even the very few members of the Restoration Team who left
the party are still in touch with the Government.
The Governor spoke shortly after receiving his Commissioner
for Mineral Resources, Hon Markson Fefegha, who resigned on October 18, and
returned to the party on Thursday.
He said, “I can say confidently that 90 percent of the
defectors are outsiders to to the PDP. They have not been at the core of the
PDP affairs in the state and most of them were the ones doing anti party, the
household of the opposition group within the party.
“A number of them supported the ADC in the last election
while others have been on the fence.
“The good people of Bayelsa should note that these purported
defections cannot affect the core of what we do in the PDP.
“Only very few people who were part of the PDP have defected
and they are still in touch with the leadership of the party because are open
to discussion, we are still reaching out to them.”
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