Former President Goodluck Jonathan's close friend, Mr. Diekivie
Ikiogha, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All
Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State.Ikiogha, who is a founding
member of the PDP, crossed over to the APC at an elaborate ceremony
held on Saturday at the Kpansia open field, Yenagoa, the
statecapital.He defected with some other members of the erstwhile
ruling party. Also, members of other political parties, including the
All Progressives Grand Alliance, left with him for the APC.Prominent
members of the PDP that defected with him are Mr. Victor Awala, Mr.
Paul Ajuwa, Mrs. D. Irene, Mr. Prince Abeki, a former commissioner, as
well as over 150 former councillors from 1999 to 2012.Besides, no
fewer than 43 non-governmental organisations, under the aegis New
Bayelsa Initiative, also filed out with Ikiogha, whom they described
as a great grass-roots mobiliser.Ikiogha, a former Bayelsa State Chief
of Staff, said to be a trusted and dependable ally...