The former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godsday Orubebe has described as untrue the reports that he was planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
A tweet via Orubebe’s Twitter handle, @ElderGOrubebe, had earlier on Tuesday claimed that the PDP chieftain had concluded plans to join “my folks” in the APC.
The tweet purportedly composed by Orubebe reads: “I have concluded plans to join my folks in the APC to champion and sustain the movement for a better Niger Delta in the new administration ”
He has, however, claimed the tweet did not emanate from him and that he was committed to the cause of his party, the PDP.
“The reports are absolute nonsense. I am a believer of the PDP and I am with my Oga (boss) President Goodluck Jonathan. The reports online and on social media media are totally false,” he said.
The news of his alleged defection was met with widespread criticisms for what many termed his lack of ideology and for wanting to join a party he had accused of rigging the last presidential elections in connivance with the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega.
Orubebe, who was a PDP agent at the presidential election results collation centre protested openly at the collation centre and pointedly accused Jega of being biased against his principal, President Goodluck Jonathan.
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