Last Friday saw the suppose defection of some PDP stalwarts from the PDP to the APC in Bayelsa State. While this may not ordinarily elicit a response, as the propensity for such is quite normal given the season we are going into (Bayelsa’s forth coming gubernatorial elections is scheduled for Dec 5 2015), it is important to set the record straight: to review the situation holistically with a view to putting the facts out there to the public.

Napoleon Bonaparte once famously said, “In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.” Ignorance on the other hand most certainly is. Describing the recent defection as a tragedy would be doing the PDP a grave disservice. It is on record that when the incumbent Governor of Bayelsa state, Governor Seriake Dickson was campaigning for the governorship of the state in 2011, that none of the principal actors in this tale of defections like Warman Ogoriba, Chief Sonme Ogilogi, Chief Tom Egba and others who defected last week Friday, ever really worked or campaigned for governor Dickson.

They were not allies and were certainly not supporters. Instead, they were associates, and appointees of the Ex-Governor. They were floaters. Office fillers. The equivalent of political driftwood: essentially non-essential. That they somehow still found themselves in positions of trust, speaks more of the magnanimity of the governor than it does their political influence, sagacity, or standing.

So what does the latest gale of defection mean for the governor? Absolutely nothing. Granted, announcements of defections are rarely welcomed with cheer, however the latest events make a notable exception. Very few people in the ruling party are likely to miss them, seeing as they have always worked in conflict with the interest of the PDP and Governor Seriake Dickson. Their presence in PDP up until now was to keep it divided. Their departure could best be described as good riddance of bad rubbish. Look at it this way—no one mourns the sudden loss of a cancerous growth.


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