Late Bayelsa dep gov’s brother defects to APC
Dr. Christopher Ewhrudjakpo, brother to the late Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, and scores of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Senator Ewhrudjakpo, while alive had last year refused to join his principal, Governor Douye Diri to dump the PDP for APC. The PDP members who […]
The deputy governor, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo
Dr. Christopher Ewhrudjakpo, brother to the late Bayelsa State deputy governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, and scores of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Senator Ewhrudjakpo, while alive had last year refused to join his principal, Governor Douye Diri to dump the PDP for APC.
The PDP members who have defected to APC were Senator Ewhrudjakpo’s allies, who have collapsed the political structure of Ofoni, formerly considered as a stronghold of PDP.
Speaking on behalf of the defectors at the event in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, senior brother to the late deputy governor, Dr. Christopher Ewhrudjakpo, said as a community, they have supported the administration of Governor Diri from inception and cannot afford to oppose a government they consider their own.
He said the decision was a collective one taken by the people of the community out of their own volition, assuring that those yet to decamp will join them in the APC in no distant time.
Dr Ewhrudjakpo assured Governor Diri and his Deputy of the total support of the people of Ofoni Community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state, stressing that the bond between the community and the Prosperity Government will not be broken.
Responding, the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Dr. Peter Akpe, expressed delight over the defectors’ voluntary decision to join the APC, saying it is not the style of Governor Diri to coerce people into decision making.
He acknowledged the organic support the prosperity administration has always received from the people of Ofoni Community and urged the new entrants to feel free in their new party.