Ehigimetor Igbaugba
A former Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Cross River, Mrs Hellen Boco, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Boco, who was the running mate to Usani Usani, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs in the 2019 general elections, disclosed this at an interactive session with newsmen in Calabar on Saturday.
She hinged the reason for her defection to non-inclusiveness in the party affairs, even as a legacy member of the party in the state.
Boco noted that with her defection, she, alongside her supporters, had liberated themselves from the cabal that had conducted affairs of the party as their private business.
She said, “I was a foundational and legacy member of the APC right from 2014. We joined others to build APC across the 18 local government areas of the state steadfastly and with dedication with our small resources.
“There is no joy in the APC, people at the grassroots are not smiling, the legacy members are not happy and those of us that built the APC are nowhere.
“We are not appreciated or recognised, they want to retire us.
“So, I am here to let the world and Nigeria know that I am not a member of APC anymore, I have resigned and I am now a member of PDP in Ward 9 and I am happy to be a member of a new political party.”
