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Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said the refusal of Bayelsa Deputy Governor and other PDP leaders to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a clear message about Governor Douye Diri’s defection.
Speaking in an interview with Vanguard, George described the governor’s decision to leave the PDP as shameful, saying he should have more respect for the people who supported him.
He recalled that Diri “became governor through the Supreme Court pronouncement” and should not forget the circumstances that brought him to power.
“It is a shame on him because a rolling stone gathers no moss. Something must be attracting them to the APC because what impact has the party had on Nigerians that has made Nigerians happy?
“The debt portfolio of the country has increased, if you go to the market, people are lamenting; young people are graduating, there is no hope. So I don’t know what is driving them there (APC).
“Some say after their tenure, they would land in the EFCC, and so what?
“Meanwhile, his deputy and some other party leaders say they are not moving with him to the APC, isn’t that a signal?
“As for Peter Mbah, there was this secretaryship tussle but we begged them to be patient that Samuel Anyanwu’s tenure would expire by the middle of next month,” he said.