Chidi Lloyd’s Exit: Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish–APC Rivers

BY IBRAHIM BAKARE

All Progressives Congress,APC, faction loyal to the Transportation Minister, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, has Hon. Chidi Lloyd, a former member of the All Progressives Congress has described the defection as expected and a good riddance.

In a press statement signed by its Spokeman,Ogbonna Nwuke, his departure from the APC has not come as a huge surprise because for years, as the party supporters have been watching the dance step of the former member of the Rivers State House of Assemby. 

“It is regrettable  that the Akpabu born politician whose activities have been less than desirable has taken a decision to stray from light in order to embrace darkness.

“We have equally listened to his comments and we are amazed that his hunt for the “feeding bottle” that Wike controls could drive him to such a lowly height.
“For us, the former member of the House of Assembly who apologized for decisions and actions that he took without compulsion from any quarter, has shown his true colours. His apology to the master of the “belly kingdom revolution” raises serious questions about his credibility and integrity. “

The party stated “The exit  of Hon. Lloyd would have no effect on the fortunes of the APC On the contrary, APC members in Emohua Local Government Area are jubilating over his exit. All politics, they say, is Local, and these party men and women who are in a happy mood right now know who is who.
The party claims that it is waxing stronger citing example that “Hon. Ephraim Nwuzi,  the Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on the Diaspora who is currently representing Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency has dumped the PDP for the APC”. 

APC said that at the grassroots, thousands of PDP members drawn from units, wards and local government areas have quietly joined the APC. Many more leaders of the PDP tired of groping in darkness are moving in the direction of the APC. 

According to APC  men and women are  who have decided to dump Governor Nyesom Wike  and the PDP and are tired of the financial recklessness displayed by the Wike administration and tired of his penchant for abusing power.  

The Statement said there is a world of difference between light and darkness. In Rivers State, the Rivers people are becoming increasingly weary of agents of darkness. They have decided to cut ties with political vampires who have no respect for the sanctity of human lives. And decided to join forces with the All Progressives Congress. 

We can understand the  frustration that the Wike administration is facing at this time. Because opinion within the PDP is unfavourable towards Wike inside the PDP, Wike has resorted to the antic of procuring “belliticians” from outside his own party to strengthen his dwindling power base. 
We will not be surprised to hear that these discredited persons who no longer enjoy the confidence of APC members in their wards and LGAs would be described as intimate friends of Rt. Hon. Rotimi Amaechi.  

“We know that Wike and his associates would like to create  some relevance around some of the bad apples that they are able to attract by describing them as men who live in Amaechi’s bedroom. Some of these people who claim to be friends of our leader may have been close yesterday. But not certainly today. They have fallen by the wayside as a result of their undying greed for power and filthy lucre. 

APC wish Hon. Chidi Lloyd well, it commended members of the party from Emohua continued to insist that men like Hon. Lloyd,  from  2014 are not wanted in their midst. 

APC asserted that “For these grassroots politicians and members of our great party, Lloyd’s departure amounts to good radiance to bad rubbish”. 

It would be recalled that the former Leader of Rivers House of Assembly and Rivers APC campaign 2019 Director-General, Dr  Chidi Lloyd yesterday dumped APC for PDP and apologized for the fracas of August 6, 2013, where a Lawmaker, Hon. Michael Okechukwu Chinda was brutally assaulted by Lloyd with a Mace.