President Muhammadu Buhari is set to welcome over 10,000
politicians defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other
political parties to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa tomorrow.
President Buhari will
this Saturday pay his first visit to Bayelsa state since assuming office where
he will personally welcome the defectors.
The President will be
joining the state party leader, Chief Timipre Sylva, and the Chairman of the
State Working Committee of the party, Chief Timipa Tiwei Orunimighe to welcome
the defecting leaders including the former Managing Director, Niger Delta
Development Commission and ex-Presidential Special Adviser, Chief Ndutimi
Alaibe; Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, Admiral Festus Porbeni; former Acting
Governors, Nestor Binabo and Werinipre Seibarugu.
Others also in the
pack of defectors to the APC are Senator John Brambaifa, Senator Clever
Ikisipo, Ambassador Emmanuel Otiotio, Chief Nathan Egba, Dr. Silva
Opuala-Charles, former House of Representatives member, Dr. Stella Dorgu and
former NDDC Chairman, Prof. Tarila Tebepah.
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