LIFE DRAMA!!! Looking at the array of top leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party whose Ribadu’s EFCC investigated and got convicted for corruption, he must have thought he would never take cover under the umbrella of the party that produced such men. This could be the reason why he decided to join the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria. In December 2013, Ribadu, after reflecting on the mass defection that rocked the PDP was happy that he belonged to the All Progressives Congress. Speaking with journalists in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, he said the reason Nigerians were defecting from the PDP to the APC was due to the public’s realisation that the ruling party was at war with them. Ribadu had said, “Nigerians should not be deceived by the aspersions and mischief being promoted by the PDP leadership against the APC, calling it an old wine in a new bottle. What they are saying is not true, they are blinded by their desperation to cause confusion because of the wind of change currently blowing in the country.” He added that those who were defecting from the party were “leaving the failed party that has relegated their aspirations to the background to a party that will salvage them from the current lacklustre government.” Now, Ribadu has united with the party he described as an unsuccessful political party. Were Ibori to be around, he (Ibori) would have probably joined the league of those that would welcome him to the party he once loathed. In the party, the former presidential candidate is expected to rub shoulders with the likes of a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who he also got convicted. Today, the former governor who is one of the ‘godfathers’ of President Jonathan has received pardon from his former deputy who sits atop the affairs of the country. If Ribadu wins the governorship election in his home state of Adamawa on the platform of the ruling party, he will join some of these men as members of the re-election campaign team of the President. Those he also accused of corruption and are today occupying top positions either in the party or in elective positions are waiting for him. Fortunately, some of them are members of the National Executive Committee of the party, which is its highest decision-making organ.
Posted on: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:49:24 +0000
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