The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa state, Dennis Otitio, has said that former President Goodluck Jonathan is officially not yet a member of the party in the state.
On Thursday, the Chairman, Ogbia ward 13, Igori Freeman, confirmed that former President Jonathan officially joined the APC on Wednesday, 12th May 2022, in his country home in Otuoke ,Ogbia LGA in Bayelsa State.
Also, President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Bashir Ahmaad confirmed his defection,he tweeted “When I shared the news of former President Jonathan joining our party, his uninformed supporters insulted me saying it can never happen even in the wildest dream.
“They should know that we know something they don’t know and not everything is planned and executed on social media,”
But in an interview with Arise TV, Bayelsa state chairman of the APC, Dennis Otiotio said the party would be glad to welcome Jonathan to its fold but as it stands now, there is no record of him being a member of the party in the state.
“We have a constitution and article 9 of the APC constitution clearly states that anybody who wants to join the party must apply to register at his ward and if the ward refuses to register the person, the person will now appeal to the Local government.
“When the local government refuses to register the person, the person will now appeal to the state level. Where the state level refuses his admission, the person will escalate it to the zonal level and if the zonal level refuses to register the person, they will now escalate it to the national executive committee.
“As at now that I am speaking, I have not received any confirmation that Goodluck Jonathan wants to register with the party.
“The second condition in article 9 is that the person must not be a member of another political part” .he said
