The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has been accused of funding the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in readiness for the 2019 general elections.

The President, National Coalition for Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDE-A, Mr Israel Akpodoro, made this known in a telephone interview with our correspondent, Monday as he chided Kachikwu over what he described as sinister motive to betray President Muhammadu Buhari, who he said entrusted him with the appointment as the custodian of the nation's oil wealth.

According to the group leader, Kachikwu award of contracts to the chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the Niger Delta region is a proof of his loyalty to the umbrella party noting that the oil expert is a full fledge member of the opposition adding that he played notable role in financing the party in the past general elections which according to him he is still doing in his present capacity.

If this trend is not checked, the Urhobo-born ex-militant said the effects on the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC will be destructive and would amount to self annihilation as appointees of the current administration deliberately prepare the opposition for the 2019 election building war chest for the party which lost power to it.

He alleged that the Minister awarded the Pipeline Surveillance and Maintenance contract to a notable member of the PDP in Delta state saying this action do not go well with "thos state of us who worked and toiled for the emergence gence gence of this administration staking all we have in the risks that came with such suicidal support for the then Candidate Buhari and the broom party in that part of the country. "

He wondered why the APC politics is assuming a weird dimension where supposed appointees of the administration ought to be loyal to the party ‎in government but regretted that the reverse is the case especially the appointees from Delta State.

Akpodoro further stated that Kachikwu is not alone in what he described as dual loyalty that may sweep "our darling party off its feet in 2019 if not seriously checked."

"President Buhari and the APC must as a matter of urgency look deeply into this with the aim of nipping it in the bud before the party and the administration is caught‎ in the web of betrayal by its own appointees.

"Politics is about patronage, ‎we worked for our party and we the party faithful must be patronised and not giving what naturally should be ours to those who threatened to kill us while we campaigned for our candidates at the general elections." The group stated querying that:

"We have it on good authority that Kachikwu is a member of both the PDP and the APC which accounts for his double standard before, during and after the presidential election. While we transversed the length and breadth of the region to sell our candidates before the elections some persons were against us. Now they have been opportuned to be appointed into their various positions but are using that against the party and it's faithful.

"We call on Mr President and the Leadership of the APC to investigate all the contracts awarded by Kachikwu as it concerns oil pipelines maintenance and surveillance because those he awarded the contracts don't even know the terrain, where were they when we where campaigning In the creeks shouting Sai Baba.

"We owe this administration our unflinching support and solidarity to the Nigerian State but won't allow the opposition to take advantage of the uncommon magnanimity of the President and the APC ‎to undo us.

"This alarm becomes imperative in view of the information available to us at the grassroot and we urge the President to act urgently." The vociferous Urhob-born Akpodoro stated.

Tinubu boys are firing from all cylinders. Kachikwu must be doing something right for cowards to be calling him out. Kachikwu goes if and only if Buhari bows first.