PDP Let Rivers People Down, Says Ann-Kio Briggs
A member of the Rivers Elders Forum, Ann-Kio Briggs, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of betraying the trust of the people of Rivers state and Nigerians.
She said the party’s failure to act decisively left residents of the state to suffer the consequences of prolonged political crises.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics about the state’s political developments, she lamented that despite the loyalty of Rivers people to the PDP since 1999, the party had failed to rise to the occasion when it mattered most.
“I definitely feel, as a stakeholder and elder, let down by the PDP political party because, since 1999, we have always voted, including me, for the PDP.
‘’ If they had stepped in and done what they should have done from the beginning, not just in Rivers State but as a political party so prominent in the Niger Delta, the PDP would not find itself where it is today,” Briggs said.
According to her, the PDP allowed internal divisions and power struggles to weaken its influence, adding that the party’s negligence worsened the political situation in Rivers State, forcing the state to grapple with damage that could have been avoided had the PDP acted responsibly.
