PDP Hails Gokana APC Decampees

L-R: Former Governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwabo, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti and Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Dr Ali Modu Sheriff, at the inauguration of PDP Special Committee for the coming National Convention in Abuja on Tuesday.

Impressed by the latest
defection of over 1000 members  of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gokana Local Government Area to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Rivers State Chairman of the PDP, Brother Felix Obuah has congratulated them for their courage, saying they took the right decision to join the  party.
Brother Obuah in a statement in Port Harcourt, said the defection signposts a remarkable victory over APC’s senatorial candidate,  Senator Magnus Abe and the collapse of the APC in the  Local Government Area.
The PDP chairman reassured the defectors of the overwhelming success of the PDP in the Ogoni area and the entire Rivers South-East Senatorial district in the forthcoming rescheduled election.
The Tide learnt that the event which took place on Sunday, April 10, 2016, in wards 5 and 6 (K.Dere), and about 137 members of the APC, in ward 1(Bodo), 100 APC members dumped the party for the PDP”.
According to him, “In wards 2 and 3, also in Bodo, over 90 APC members joined the PDP, and in wards 12 and 17 (Biara), 100 and 120 APC supporters respectively dumped the APC for our great Party, the PDP.
He however said these numbers, in addition to those earlier received in the other wards in the area, were quite encouraging and clear indication that the PDP government in the state is doing well.
‘’ It is therefore, a thing of joy to us in the PDP as we make progress in boosting our membership and support base in this critical area, the Ogoni axis, of our State, and having a sense of acceptance by the people. As we again, salute the timely realisation and resoluteness of the decamping APC members to join our fold, we also urge others to take advantage of the large umbrella that can accommodate all well-meaning Nigerians, by taking a cue to be part of our success story in the State’’, he said.
Bro. Obuah further assured the decampees that they will not be neglected or discriminated against, but will enjoy all rights and privileges as bonafide members of the Party.
He also commended the leadership of the PDP in the area for working toward  the success of the Party and charged them to sustain the tempo.
The Rivers PDP chairman also appealed to the new members and the people of the State to continue to support the Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, in moving the State forward, reiterating that the PDP government will not fail to deliver on its campaign promises.