A delegation of nine elders from Bayelsa State who came on behalf of the Bayelsa Consultative Forum, BCF, has announced plans to dump the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state for the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Led by Senator John Kofo Brambaifa in their Tuesday’s visit to the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Timi Frank, the elders noted that they were ready to join forces with the APC-led federal government to help address challenges facing the country.
While vowing that the APC would defeat PDP in the forthcoming governorship election in the state, Brambaifa express the belief of the group that Bayelsa State under the PDP administration was currently drifting; saying the administration of the state had become a one-man affair being controlled by an emperor.
According to him, “Bayelsa has become one man state, controlled by an emperor-like leadership. We have sampled opinion and the result is no to emperor leadership in the state.
“We held our inaugural meeting on the 8th of this month and the people of the state have resolved that the second term ambition of the current government in the state must not be allowed to succeed.
“That we want to join the APC and they must come in their number to Bayelsa State to receive us to send a signal to the emperor that we have been properly received,” he stated.
The leader of the delegation assured that the forum is ready to team up with the APC as soon as plans were concluded with the national leaders of the party.
He explained that their coming to Abuja was to see the national leadership of APC and all the prominent members from Bayelsa State, stressing that whenever the political history of the state would be written, the visit to Frank would not be forgotten.
In his response, Frank advised the PDP leaders not to waste time any longer trying to join the APC at the state level.
He assured that the national leaders of APC would appreciate them and be willing to receive them anytime they deem fit to join the party.
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