By Adeleye Kunle
THE gale of high-profile resignations continues to rock the Rivers state All Progressives Congress (APC), with former Caretaker Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Ibim Semenitari joining the list, Track News reports.
Under former Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s administration, Semenitari, Rivers Information Commissioner, reportedly sent a letter of resignation to her APC Ward Chairman in Okrika Local Government Area.
Vanguard’s repeated calls and texts to Semenitari for confirmation yielded no response, but it was gathered that she had also notified the former Minister of Transportation and APC State Leader, Amaechi, of her decision to leave the party, despite the Leader’s resolve to settle party differences.
Hon Ogbonna Nwuke, Semenitari’s predecessor, had previously left the party and was welcomed into the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as had Allwell Onyeso, another commissioner under Amaechi who has secured a PDP senatorial ticket for the 2023 election.
Other high-profile resignations from the party, most of whom were Amaechi supporters, included former commissioner and Reps member Dr. Dawari George, rights activists Celestine Akpobari, and estranged former state lawmaker Golden Ben Chioma, among others.
According to sources, more resignations and defections from the party are likely in the coming days, reducing the party’s chances of unseating the ruling PDP in the state.
Chioma, one of those who expressed their reasons for leaving the party, stated that he cannot remain in a political party where “one man employs the governor for the benefit of one man.”
“Tide has changed and it’s politically expedient that I take a leap of faith in my political journey,” Robinson Elechi wrote in his resignation letter to the APC Chairman, ONELGA Ward 10, dated July 8.
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