On Friday, there was disappointment for the camp of Pres. Goodluck Jonathan in Bayelsa state, as a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bayelsa Presidential Campaign Committee, Senator Felix Oboro, switched allegiance from the PDP to the APC. Oboro is a former senator and former ambassador of Nigeria to Venezuela. When Gov. Dickson swore in the Bayelsa presidential campaign committee, Oboro failed to attend, and yesterday he was formally welcomed into the APC at an event which was headlined by former Bayelsa governor, Timipreye Sylva. Sylva boasted that with the decamping of leading political leaders from the state like Oboro, the PDP was on its way to evntual collapse in the state. Oboro is considered as one of the founding fathers of Bayelsa state. In recent times, Sylva’s entry into the state has been marked by political showmanship and jubilation on the streets, and yesterday was no different. He once again extolled the qualities of the APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, in his speech. “At a time like this, we need serious men and women at the helm of national affairs. That is why we need Gen. Buhari to fix the country,” he said. Oboro said that the PDP lacked internal democracy as the party has failed to pick candidates for positions in the February elections in a democratic manner. The former Bayelsa SSG stated that, ”since Dr. Jonathan became President and leader of the PDP nationwide, there has never been any genuine congress in any part of the PDP states to elect candidates to represent the party in any election.” According to him, “The problem of our country now is corruption, insecurity and economic downturn. Everybody’s concern is who among our political leaders particularly Gen Buhari and President Jonathan who are the flag bearers of the two major parties, has the credentials to wipe out the above vices. The answer from 90 per cent of the states is Gen Buhari. “Under President Jonathan, even a simple thing like internal democracy in his party had been destroyed because he too ascended the governorship position through unholy harmonisation and not democracy”. “As for corruption, insecurity and economic downturn, Jonathan’s six years as President is the cause of these problems the country is talking about. Ironically Jonathan himself agrees that these are real problems of the country, when he is still at the helm of affairs. “I would like to appeal to my Ijaw people in Bayelsa State to understand the clear handwriting on the wall and we should all educate our people to tow the popular reasonable line. “Our people must join the mainstream and we should not allow our state to be ostracised. Dr Jonathan has no regard for Ijaw people. He has not shown any pride of being an Ijaw man. The little dividend of democracy he had brought to the state is for his community, Otuoke. “The only way to peaceful change now is for all Ijaw people to obtain their permanent voters card and cast their votes. We should do everything possible to avoid our youths going back to the creeks. After all, some of our leaders are not appreciating the sacrifices of our youths. “Otherwise how can President Jonathan publicly express joy that Henry Okah- an Ijaw man from Amassoma is languishing in a South African prison because MEND attempted to “assassinate” him- an allegation no true Ijaw man will believe. thescoopng/member-gej-presidential-campaign-bayelsa-decamps-apc-says-vote-gej-wasted/?utm_content=buffer859e6&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 21:55:59 +0000
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