Simon Utebor, YenagoaNo fewer than 200 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, including an aspirant from Ogbia, former President Goodluck Jonathan’s local government area, have defected to the Advanced Peoples Democratic Alliance. The defectors said their preferred candidate for Ogbia Constituency 1, Mr. Azibataman Johnbull, was unjustly rigged out of the House of Assembly primary election the PDP organised in Otuoke, Jonathan’s hometown. The aggrieved party members vowed to demystify ‘godfatherism’ in the LGA by supporting their candidate, Johnbull, in APDA to defeat Obodor, whom they said is the candidate of the godfathers. Johnbull, who led the defectors, described the Friday primaries of the PDP in Otuoke as the darkest, saying he would actualise his ambition in APDA. “The PDP fell into the grave error and lost an ample opportunity to free our people from the grip of these individuals and their godfathers.

Source: Punch October 06, 2018 17:08 UTC