A Senior Special Assistant to Bayelsa state governor on special, Comrade Charles Kurobo, has joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing hunger as his major reason for dumping the Peoples Democratic Party’s campaign train.
Kurubo, who is also the Chairman, Niger Delta Ex-agitators’ Leadership Forum, First Phase, Bayelsa State chapter, said he was back home to the APC family before he would die of hunger as a political appointee of Governor Douye Diri.
He stated that he had no alternative but to speak the truth and restore his reputation. He explained that his family members, dependents, and acquaintances had lost faith in him due to his inability to fulfill his responsibilities.
He said this was despite his employment within the acclaimed Prosperity Government led by Diri.
Kurubo said: “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 Governor Douye Diri, the administration still musters the 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?
“We have never been a myopic set of people, we will never be and should not be seen as such and that is why I want Bayelsa State and its people to know that the way to go is not Senator Diri’s direction.
“If we must survive and develop ourselves to survive and succeed as a people, we must do the needful. We may have made mistakes with choices in the past but that’s normal because we are humans and our ability to learn from past mistakes helps us redirect our present and guide us to determine our future and the prospective development of our state and its people.”
The ex-militant leader challenged any appointee, who would be bold and courageous enough to come out to prove him wrong, stressing that apart from the monthly token offered to appointees under the Diri administration, which is less than what commercial tricyclists make in a month, their lives are better or worse.
He also challenged any individual who is not directly related to Diri, whose life has been transformed as a result of any human capital development initiative of the Governor to come out and counter him with proofs of his or her improved lifestyle since 2020.
He stated: “On behalf of my family, the APC leadership from the least unit of the state to the hierarchy, I enjoin all of us from all works of life to rise to the occasion and take up the challenge to the effect that Chief Timipre Sylva return elected come November 11, 2023.”
