‘Expelled PDP members plotting with APC to cause crisis in Bayelsa’

A political group, Forward PDP for Progress (FOPPRO) has uncovered plans by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State to use some of the expelled members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, led by a former chairman of the party, Col. Sam Inokoba (rtd), to polarise the rank and file of the PDP, with a view to handing political leadership in the state to the opposition.
In a statement, the group disclosed that the expelled chairman, Inokoba, has been in consultation with the leader of the opposition, APC and former Governor of the State, who has advised the former chairman not to defect, but remain with the PDP to fight out his suit challenging his suspension as chairman.
According to the statement, the former governor deliberately wants Inokoba to remain in the PDP and create divisions, disunite and weaken the party, with a view to placing the opposition in a more advantageous position, ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in the state, pointing out that Inokoba has been offered a federal appointment should he succeed and ensure victory for the APC in the forthcoming election.
The statement signed by the body’s Chairman, Mr. Victor Ebikemieh and the secretary, Ayatari Noel-Tenson, also raised an alarm that some groups of the expelled members have concluded plans to fund some unsuspecting youths and cult groups to create a state of insecurity and make the state unsafe for law-abiding citizens.
It explains that the real motive is to ensure that legitimate voters are scared away from coming out to vote during the forthcoming governorship polls.
FOPPRO called on well-meaning Bayelsans to resist the temptation, while urging parents and guardians to prevail on their children and wards, not to allow themselves to be used by this group of selfish and unpatriotic elements to truncate the serene and peaceful atmosphere in the South-South state.