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The Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State has described as “traitors and enemies of the Ijaw nation,” those who defected to the All Progressives Congress.Reacting to the defections, the State Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr. Osom Makbere, on Saturday in Yenagoa, lashed out at the defected PDP members, describing their action as most reprehensible.
According to him, the defection was wrong because it came at a time when all well-meaning Ijaw sons and daughters were just coming to terms with the “the shocking reality regarding the grand conspiracy to shortchange the Ijaw nation and render us politically impotent in the scheme of things.”
He further lambasted the defectors, saying they were greedy and lack political ideology.
Makbere said, “Some defectors making egress out of the PDP are veterans of the nomadic act of moving in and out of political groups as they do not really place value on ideology or discipline.
“They are people who clearly tide along survival lines, and several of whom were never part of the foundation story of the PDP.
“They came from other disgruntled units and were absolved in the spirit of congeniality and got empowered through lofty appointments and contracts scarcely executed in their own localities.”
The PDP spokesman said the defectors, as veterans of nomadic stock-in-trade, were once again embarking on an uncertain exodus.
He said the party would not have reacted to their defections because they have their immutable right to dissociate from any political group but for their casting aspersions on the PDP as if some kind of implosion of instability informed their departure.
He reminded the defectors that the PDP is a ship heading for treasure points, saying the party was not bothered about those leaving without genuine reasons.
Makbere added, “For sure, people will miss PDP, the PDP misses no one. Finally, the PDP remains a luxuriant tree full of life and vivacity.
“On the other hand, the defectors can be likened to ‘yellow leaves’ dropping from a tree due to spent time and age. Meanwhile, the umbrella remains open and accommodating to returnees who fail to see their destination as worthy el dorados.”
Gale of defections has hit the PDP train in Bayelsa with the recent one on Friday when former two time member of House of Representatives, Mr. Warman Ogoriba, declared for the APC with scores of sympathisers and PDP faithful.
Before Friday’s defection of Ogoriba, former Chief of Staff to Bayelsa Government, Diekivie Ikiogha left the PDP with thousands of his supporters.
