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Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by omenka(m): 12:29pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
The Peoples Democratic Party has suffered a massive loss as Chief Otu Ita Otoyo, a former chairman of the PDP in Akwa Ibom state, defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Vanguard reports that the ex-chairman defected alongside a former senator, Aloysius Etok, and a former member of the House of Representatives, Eseme Eyiboh. The decampees including the ex-chairman of Ibesikpo Asutan local government area and many others were received into the party at a prayer summit and reception held in honour of Obong Umana Umana, the APC candidate, in the last governorship election Speaking about their decision to join the APC, the decampees explained that the PDP was no longer the party they once believed in. They lamented that the PDP has been hijacked by a few people. Otoyo strongly criticized the PDP for deviating from the ideals upon which the party was founded. According to him, it was that deviation that made Akwa Ibom people seek change. “We brought change to Akwa Ibom in 2007, but that change has been hijacked by a few people for themselves. I screamed but nobody listened, today, Akwa Ibom people have decided for change and as such have moved to a new party,” he said. Also speaking, a two-term senator, Aloysius Etok, expressed gratitude to Umana Umana for “championing the struggle to liberate the state”. He further expressed assurance that the APC would redeem the state and reposition it to acheive unfulfilled potentials. Eseme Eyibo, a former spokesperson of the House of Representatives, noted that he was joining the APC, to “take part in the struggle to rescue the state and its people”. Receiving the decampees into the party, Chief Elias Eta, the South-South national vice chairman of the APC, stressed that they would defend every vote cast by the party in Akwa Ibom. Recalling that the last governorship election was marred by violence, Eta called on the people not to be intimidated by the PDP and expresses assurance that security agents and thugs would not be allowed to disrupt the forthcoming rerun. “The former governor, Godswill Akpabio has done a lot of things and he will be made to account for them. All those who are working against good governance will not be allowed to succeed,” he added. In his speech, Umana Umana commended the decampees for their courage, and stressed that with their support and that of Akwa Ibom electorate, they would reclaim “their stolen mandate”. “The God of justice and blood of innocent voters killed during the the past election will see the party to victory”. “The victories at both the tribunal and Appeal Court are not just for me as a person. They are for the people. You have proven that no weapon or amount of money can break you. The battle is between freedom and slavery and this event has shown that the people have chosen freedom,” he said. A few days ago, the PDP suffered another setback as a former minister of information, and governor of the old Anambra state, Chief Jim Nwobodo, defected to the ruling APC. https://www.naij.com/691217-pdp-suffers-another-setback-ex-chairman-senator-defect-apc.html Cc: Lalasticlala, Obinoscopy. |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by omenka(m): 12:32pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
Cc: Modath, Midolian: and it keeps getting worse. Where is FreeGlobe sef?? 3 Likes |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by Mjshexy(f): 12:34pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
They should take it easy naw, if they all defect who will remain in pdp? Is it only fani kayode & Fayose they want to leave there because i knw GEJ will also defect to APC soon |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by jmaine: 12:36pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
Lolz . . . . . AKS will show Chief Otoyo he is inconsequential by convincingly routing the APC in the rerun . . . .Shameless men looking for campaign largesse to wack . . . . . 1 Like |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by LaurelP(m): 12:37pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
This is not a good news actually. It means there's no more opposition. |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by FreeGlobe(f): 12:37pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
time to separate the chaff from the wheat |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by modath(f): 12:37pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
omenka: It boils down to having no primary sources of income bar proceeds of political jobbiong!! Naija politicians abandon their day Jobs soon as the first alert from political association hits, so gives birth to the vicious circle!! They can't do an honest day labour anymore! |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by omenka(m): 12:42pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
jmaine:You know no one is gonna get anything to wack, not even the pill of yams. I'm against the mad rush of PDP members joining the APC but will not get mad at seeing the ranks of PDP depleted. I hope to see a better opposition like APGA arise. Now they have two governors (one in waiting). They could start from there. ACN started with only one governor after they were destroyed in 2003 (BAT), went on to claim more states in 2007 and '11. look where they are today after the merger- right in Aso Rock! We need an opposition, but certainly not one represented by PDP. |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by Pidggin(f): 12:43pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
Migration of rotten eggs has begun in PDP |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by Tolexander: 12:49pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
Just as if January transfer window don open for nigerian politics. APC is forming galacticos! 4 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by jmaine: 12:50pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
omenka: The PDP is the only viable opposition in Nigeria, this alone invalidates your last statement. Until I see strong men like Don Duke et al., joining APC, then I might begin to say that indeed the PDP is gone . . . . P:S ===> Campaign money must flow, don't be deceived . . . . . . . AKS is a lucrative state to take over and it needs serious effort in terms of campaign cash to deliver. . . . . . 4 Likes |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by Faremisodeeq(m): 12:54pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
This is why I like igbos they always take any opportunity as a business venture. [b][/b]we have only permanent interest but temporary enemy. |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by jayloms: 12:54pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
The laziness to play opposition keeps spreading. I don't know why my intuitions suggests, that these recent jumping of ships by PDP chieftains, could be part of a clandestine ploy to cause disarray within the APC. What I also cannot get the hang of, is, why the APC keeps stretching its arms wide for this people to come in. |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by jmaine: 12:58pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
Faremisodeeq: What has the Igbos got to do with this thread ?. . . . . 1 Like |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by omenka(m): 1:14pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
jmaine:And you think PDP wouldn't dispense that cash to retain such a lucrative state Whatever it is that is chasing them from the party, I have no idea, but I don't think it is the need to "chop campaign money". |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by drss(m): 1:19pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
APC is made up of PDP expired products, yet dem zombies have d audacity to say PDP destroyed nigeria. yeye dey smell. 1 Like |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by jmaine: 1:21pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
omenka: The APC is now at the center which means more cash available to be dispensed . . . . . The APC desperately needs AKS which means more slush funds to conquer the PDP stronghold . . . . . . . Money and security in a ruling party is the reason here. . . . . |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by APCsupporter: 1:24pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
Im beginning to believe abduljabbar4 o. By 2019 only the likes of kodded and opiaku will remain 3 Likes |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by omenka(m): 1:39pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
jmaine:As new entrants into the party, I pretty much doubt the old guards would wanna allow them that sort of access to "slush funds" (if such can exist under Buhari) when other loyal party members who've worked tirelessly over the years are relegated in the scheme of things. This is a period where even fathers become suspicious of the activities of their sons. What makes you think the APC party hierarchy would trust these decampees so much as to enable them with such funds?? For what its worth, they just might be moles infiltrating the ruling party (opposition in AKS), trying to decimate it from the inside. Remember after Jo's defeat, several allegations were made of party "loyalists" who collected funds from the party to work for the opposition. |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by jmaine: 1:46pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
omenka: You made a lot of sense bruv . . . . Well this is Nigeria, Anything is possible . . . . . With Akpabio around, It will take a miracle for Umana to upstage the brutal generalissimo of AKS politics . . . . . . . 2 Likes |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by Bekwarra(m): 1:48pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
APC should mourn rather than rejoice |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by omenka(m): 1:54pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
jmaine:Well, let's see how things unfold. In the end, the choice of who occupies the government house lies with the people of AKS. I hope we see a smooth and credible election. |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by PRYCE(m): 2:01pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
And So? This guy's literally celebrating this as if it has any bearing on his life! Abeg don't go all lie Mohammed on your neighbourhood oo cos we'll have agents on standby ready to pull the corn from the hole down under whenever you are spotted at the market square! Tomakint, ShowYourCertificate and all security conscious folk should take note! |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by jmaine: 2:03pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
omenka: It is sure going to be bloody . . . .Both parties will engage in a show of brutality . . . .I pray my predictions are wrong. Amen . . . . |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by poiZon: 2:30pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
omenka: omenka stop having premature ejaculation over this news cos it doesnt add up at all. u r not from akwaibom, am sure u havnt bin thr before so dont make few decampees raise ur dead bloc. alloysius is dead politically, he won his second term as senator becos akpabio personally campaigned n begged voters to vote pdp not even him! someone that lost a recent akwaibom state football association election to a nobody, u know that he is finish! otu ita toyo decamped since, my frnd said he sold his house to one biznez mogul n d state to finance umana's ambition! go back n do some research abt him, then u ask are these the kind of people u wish for this state. all the same pdp is prepared, ready n waiting! |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by disloman(m): 6:15pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
Tolexander:We never see anything but what I believe is that Jim Nwobodo will be use to count scores.What we will hear is that APC chieftain been jailed and APC will use that to score cheap political point.My opinion though. |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by tomakint: 9:20pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
PRYCE:Noted bro 1 Like |
Re: Former Akwa Ibom PDP Chairman, Senator Defect To APC by nigerianvenom(m): 10:25pm On Jan 10, 2016 |
Otu ita toyo,former pdp chairman who wanted to pocket akpabio-failed politician. Aloysius etok,former dumb senator who never raised any bill and was replaced by akpabio-failed politician. Eseme eyibo,former member house of rep,very stingy and his people had no choice than to vote him out when he couldn't attract any project back home-failed politician. Apc is just a dumping ground for failed politician that spoilt PDP |
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