Diri’s planned defection won’t add value to APC — Nabena

…claims Baylesa Gov has no solid structure

Ahead of Monday formal declaration for the All Progressives Congress by Bayelsa state governor, Douye Diri, former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling party, Honourable Yekeen Nabena has said Governor Diri’s defection to APC is nothing to be excited about.

Nabena who incidentally is from Bayelsa state made the declaration while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Friday.

He revealed that chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party who enjoy followership in the south south state have refused to join Governor Diri in the APC unlike what happened in Delta and Enugu state in which the entire cabinet and state lawmakers followed the governors to the APC.

He said: “Let me put it on record that we are not saying the Governor should not join the APC, it is a democracy and he has right to join any party. The fact we will not take is for him to destroy some people and the existing leadership of the APC in Bayelsa state because he wants to take full control of the party.

“Up till now we have not found answer to the question of what Governor Douye Diri is bringing to the APC. This is a Governor that his Deputy is not defecting with him, hence he is plotting to impeach the Deputy Governor.

“This is a Governor that even some State House of Assembly members have rejected. About 90 per cent of the serving National Assembly members, including Senator Seriake Dickson and other high profile lawmakers, are not on the same page with him.

“This is a Governor who is not in control of his local constituency not to talk of his entire Senatorial District. We ask Governor Douye Diri again to tell Nigerians who is running after him or what is he running after?”

Nabena who traced recent arrest rumour of the Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, to the power game in Bayelsa state over control of party structures also revealed that so many of the prominent politicians in Bayelsa PDP are comfortable with the leadership of Dr. Samuel Ogbuku and will only join President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda through the NDDC boss at the right time.

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