BEVERLY HILLS, June 20, (THEWILL) – The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Youth Development, Hon. Ibarakumo Otobo, has resigned from the state cabinet and the ruling party in the state, the Peoples Democratic party, PDP and defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
His defection is a massive blow to the PDP and Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. Otobo, a former Special Adviser on Youth and coordinator of the Bayelsa Volunteers before his appointment as Commissioner, said he took the decision for personal reasons.
At the APC state secretariat where he was received Wednesday by party leaders including the only APC member in the House of Assembly, Hon. Israel Sunny- Goli, the party Chairman, Hon. Jotham Amos, former deputy Speaker, Hon. Fini Angaye and other party chieftains, he said he would help the party beat the PDP.
“I have resigned my appointment today as a Commissioner in Dickson government. I have a right as a patriotic citizen of this country to choose the political party I want to belong to. I am leaving the Dickson government for good and the PDP with all my supporters. I am not afraid of anybody. I am for APC, goodbye to PDP. I don’t associate with failure and I am coming to the APC with the spirit of winning,” he said.
