The Bayelsa state government, has described politicians from the state leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, the ruling party in the state, to the All Progressives Congress, as tested and failed politicians.
Ahead of the December 5 governorship election in the state, many politicians of the PDP extraction, have been jumping ship to the APC, The Nation reports.
Reacting to the defections on behalf of the government, the deputy chief of staff, Government House, Mrs. Ebizi Brown, opined that the ongoing defections would not affect the chances of the PDP in the election.
She said: “On the defection of members from the PDP, I want to say that their defections won’t make any impact. The PDP is waxing stronger by the day despite their exit.
“Many of those who have become media tigers, were those who have been tested and failed. We are not perturbed by their antics as they are not forces to reckon with. When they were given opportunities to serve, they failed. Bayelsans at the grassroots know them. They also know that PDP is their party and it cares for them.”
She called on Bayelsa indigenes to support the second term ambition of Governor Seriake Dickson to enable him to complete the ongoing projects in the state.
According to her, if the governor fails to return for second term, the projects which he has embarked on, which she claim were over 80 per cent, would be abandoned.
She added that the governor completely rebranded the state with his giant strides in roads construction, infrastructural development, construction of numerous buildings, construction of schools and capacity building, among others.
Meanwhile, the Bayelsa state chapter of the PDP has raised an alarm over what the party describes as ”a plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to rig the upcoming election in the state.”
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