APC Chairman, Buhari’s Rep, Others Defect To PDP In Bayelsa
Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Tiwei Orunimiye has led over 98 leaders and 5000 members of the opposition APC to the People’s Democratic Party In Bayelsa State.
Those that defected to the APC on Saturday included a serving lawmaker representing Brass 2 Constituency in the House of Assembly, Hon. Alfred Watson, President Buhari’s Representative in Ogbia Local Government Area in the 2015 elections, Chief Orifie Ene, the Chairman of the Bayelsa Waterways, Mr. Akparasia Africa, and 98 leaders of the party in the state.
A statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr. FIdelis Soriwei, stated that received the defected APC Chieftains at the Oxbow Lake Pavillion, Yenagoa, on Saturday.
Governor said that the latest batch of decamped from the APC signified the death of the party in the state.