APC expanding, not imploding — Bayelsa chieftain replies Nabena

The former Vice Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa West Senatorial district, Hon. Samuel Aredeh, has assured party members not to panic over the massive defection of members from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), adding that the influx of new members is proof of confidence in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership.

According to Hon. Aredeh, the fear of implosion of the APC in Bayelsa State being propagated by Mr. Yekini Nabena, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, is not only false but a figment of the imagination his sponsors, noting that the APC is driven by leaders of vision who believe in the President’s reform agenda.l

Aradeh, who was reacting to an interview granted in a National tabloid by Hon. Nabena, expressed suspicion that Nabena is playing a script crafted by some chieftains of the party, Former Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva and the Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku.

According to him, “They are afraid that if Governor Douye Diri eventually defects to the APC, because of Ogbuku’s 2027 governorship ambition. The only thing that has imploded in the APC is Yekini Nabena’s political career. He is a forgotten figure trying to crawl back into relevance by attacking those who are actually building the APC.

“Let’s not mince words Nabena is a disgraced political errand boy, not a stakeholder. For years, he has allowed himself to be used like a disposable microphone by Chief Timipre Sylva and Chief Samuel Ogbuku, feeding from their political crumbs and echoing whatever propaganda they hand him.

“Now that his masters have no use for him, he’s running to the press hoping to be noticed again. Pathetic. That’s a lazy and ignorant analysis. What Nabena fails to understand perhaps deliberately, is that the influx of new members is proof of confidence in President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership.

“Governors and political leaders are not defecting out of fear or desperation; they are joining because they see results, the Renewed Hope Agenda is working. Nigeria is being restructured for growth, the economy is stabilizing, and governance is becoming more pragmatic and inclusive.

“The APC is not breaking; it is expanding. Only a man consumed by bitterness will see progress and call it a problem.”

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