The Peoples Democratic Party in Kogi State has flayed the defection
of six members of the state House of Assembly to the All Progressives
Congress.
Reacting to the defection announced on the floor of the
legislative chamber at plenary on Thursday, Bode Ogunmola, the state
Publicity Secretary of the PDP, condemned the action.
Addressing
newsmen shortly after the defection, Ogunmola said the legislators rode
on the crest of the party into power and had only turned around to bite
the fingers that fed them.
Ogunmola assured that the PDP would
reclaim the mandate through constitutional provisions and extant laws
governing elections, advising the defectors to vacate their seats
immediately.
The spokesman described the situation as “indeed
disheartening” that rather than joins hands with the party to take
control of the state in the next dispensation, the members chose to
betray the PDP.
However, the State Government, through Kingsley
Fanwo, the Director-General, Media and Publicity to Governor Yahaya
Bello, said the APC was a revolutionary movement against poverty,
underdevelopment and corruption.
Fanwo said the new direction
administration of the governor was working hard to serve the people of
the state and help defeat poverty and criminality with the ultimate goal
of taking the state to the Promised Land.
Fanwo
said: “The governor’s style of leadership must have attracted the
legislators who defected to the party. Governor Yahaya Bello will
continue to deliver on his promises and continue to strengthen the All
Progressives Congress.
“Politics is about people and development. I
am quite sure the constituents of the new defectors must have impressed
it on them to join the Governor’s party as the party is becoming the
most popular as Kogites experience leadership extraordinaire.
“As
the leader of the party in Kogi, the Governor welcomes them to the APC
fold and wishes to assure them that all will be treated equally in the
party.”
Fanwo restated Bello’s administration to continue to work in the interest of progress and prosperity of the people.
The
spokesman of the defectors and Majority Leader of the Assembly, Matthew
Kolawole, said: “The dynamism of politics as witnessed in recent times
must be leveraged to reflect on our constituencies.
“This has been
a pivotal factor that influenced our decision. Irrespective of the
misconceptions and misrepresentation that our defection might elicit, we
remain resolute in our quest to ensure a better life for the people of
our various constituencies.”
The News Agency of Nigeria reports
that John Abah from Ibaji; Adoke Bello, Adavi; Kolawole Matthew,
Kabba-Bunu; Ahmed Mohammed, Ankpa; Victor Omofaiye, Ijumu; and Kekere
Sani-Abdulkareem, Okehi of the PDP defected to the APC at plenary on
March 16
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