Bayelsa: I Can’t Even Afford To Buy Recharge Card – Diri Aides Cries Out As He Dumps PDP, Joins Timipre Sylva

A Senior Special Assistant to the Bayelsa State Governor and leader of Chairmen, Niger Delta Ex-agitators’ Leadership Forum, First Phase, Bayelsa State Chapter, Charles Kurobo, has dumped Governor Douye Diri and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Kurobo claimed that he dumped the party because of hunger.

He lamented that he had to return to the APC before he dies of hunger as a political appointee to a serving governor.

The former militant explained that he came out to publicly clear his image because family members, dependants and acquaintances who depend on him have lost faith in him due to his inability to cater for their needs despite working for a serving governor.

According to him, “My position as a serving SSA to the governor on special duties, is supposed to have a positive impact on the lives of those around me especially my immediate family but unfortunately, recharging my phone for effective communication would have been a great challenge if not for the timely intervention of other critical stakeholders from our Niger Delta region.

“It is such a pity that with the level of hunger and starvation deliberately created by the governor, Senator Douye Diri, the administration still mustered courage to garner the kind of support I see and perceive from some Bayelsans.

“Does it mean we have not learnt enough? Or are we yet to understand that we will be heading into another four years of real hardship which will be worse than what we are currently experiencing or even more? Where is our sense of pride?”

The ex-militant leader called on Bayelsans to join the APC gubernatorial candidate, Timipre Sylva, adding that the people must align with a system that will create a programme to meet the needs of stakeholders in the development of the state.

He noted that the support for Sylva should be viewed as a political revolution through the ballot, to help advance equity and justice and empower men, women from all works of life in developing the state.

He said, “On behalf of my family, the APC leadership from the least unit of the state to the hierarchy, I enjoined all of us from all walks of life to rise to the occasion and take up the challenge to the effect that Chief Timipre Sylva returns elected come November 11, 2023.”