A former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic get together (PDP) in Cross River State, Ntufam Maurice Omin-Iso has likened the get together to a sinking ship in the course of the excessive sea ready to sink.
Omini-Iso who decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC) alongside his supporters on Saturday, additionally cited Governor Bassey Otu’s observe report in infrastructure improvement as one more reason for his defection.
He made the revelation on Monday in Calabar, the Cross River State capital whereas talking with LEADERSHIP, two days after he dumped his former get together.
The previous PDP chieftain who acknowledged that the APC was doing higher than the PDP, careworn that lack of inner democracy and inner division additionally made him to stop the get together.
“I noticed that Gov. Otu is a unique politician who’s doing nicely within the space of Infrastructural improvement.
“From the freeway to the place I reside, he has tarred the street. Otu confirmed me that he can ship the products related to democracy. So my supporters and I had no choice than to decamp to his get together, the APC,” he stated.
The grassroots politician averred that his defection alongside his supporters to the APC will afford them alternative to affix arms with Governor Otu to carry the state to enviable peak.
He additionally refuted rumours some quarters that his defection to the APC was to evade persecution from the management of APC.
“My Crossing over to a different get together has nothing to do with worry to face persecution. I noticed this current administration doing nicely, so I made a decision to affix them.
*In the event that they weren’t doing nicely I might undoubtedly not do this. The Otu’s administration is doing extraordinarily very nicely,”
He added that “I’m not standing any trial in opposition to the federal government or authorities standing trial in opposition to me in any court docket of legislation in Nigeria.”
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