{"id":708912,"date":"2019-09-24T07:37:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T07:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/24\/pdp-senator-defects-to-apc\/"},"modified":"2019-09-24T07:37:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T07:37:25","slug":"pdp-senator-defects-to-apc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/24\/pdp-senator-defects-to-apc\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP Senator Defects To APC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_647079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-647079\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-647079 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1569310645_352_2019-election-apc-chieftain-thousands-of-supporters-decamp-to-pdp-in-kebbi.jpg\" alt=\"APC and PDP flag\" width=\"535\" height=\"317\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-647079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo of APC and PDP flag<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Senator Nimi Amage, member representing Bayelsa East in the National Assembly, has announced his defection to the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>Only Compound Fools And People With Degrees In Stupidity Will Leave PDP For APC: Dino Melaye<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In an open letter which was addressed to the Chairman of Ward II in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa, he said Amage is joining the APC because of Governor Seriake Dickson, who, according to him, arrogated the PDP in the state to himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was in PDP, we were enslaved by only one man who regarded himself as emperor. There were no political activities, even if you want to be a councillor. The 105 councillors were nominated by him. The eight chairmen were nominated by him. I cannot be part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was one of the founding fathers of PDP in Bayelsa State. I did not join the PDP; I was part of the formation in August 1998, and I have been there since. But I have never seen this kind of authoritarian rule.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSo, I have decided to pitch my tent with a party that can uproot the party from the ground so that Bayelsans will be freed. I promise you Bayelsans will be freed come November 16.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cToday, I can tell you that the APC candidate, David Lyon, comes from Southern Ijaw council; that is the council with the highest voting strength. Definitely, that council is for APC. I come from Nembe and by joining APC, Nembe has fallen into the hands of APC.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cBrass is where Timipre Sylva comes from and Brass normally is for APC. Those three councils are gone and we can give Kolokuma\/Opokuma, the smallest council, to PDP because their candidate is from there.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSagbama, where the present governor comes from, will be donated to him because his running mate is from there.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWhere the governor comes from is where he picked his party\u2019s deputy governorship candidate from. The question is what will other councils do? We can still donate that to him. We are taking three, they are taking two. The remaining councils are 50\/50.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo of APC and PDP flag Senator Nimi Amage, member representing Bayelsa East in the National Assembly, has announced his defection to the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party. 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