A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kola Ologbondiyan, has claimed that the party’s governors are being forced to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
News360 Info reports that Ologbondiyan made this statement against the backdrop of two PDP governors, Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State and Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom, who recently dumped the party for the APC, as well as the peace deal between Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and suspended Rivers State Governor, Sim Fubara, brokered by President Bola Tinubu.
Recall that Oborevwori and Eno cited the crisis in the PDP as the main reason for their defection.
However, speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Ologbondiyan dismissed the narrative that the PDP crisis triggers defection to the APC.
According to him, governors elected on the PDP platform are being harassed into joining the ruling party ahead of the 2027 election.
Speaking on the Rivers crisis, Ologbondiyan admitted that the resolution of the conflict between Wike, Fubara and Tinubu is a loss to the PDP.
He urged PDP to put aside whatever has happened in Rivers State and focus on ensuring that its governors are not forced to defect to the ruling party.
He said, “Talking about the river situation, I will be honest and I think that the PDP did all it could, some on a negative side, others on a positive side. I think the takeaway for the Peoples Democratic Party in this matter is that its governors are being harassed.
“They are being humiliated, and whether they can openly say it or not, they are being forced to abandon their party and join the All Progressive Congress and President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s political party.”
