Ex-President Jonathan’s minister, Orubebe dumps PDP for APC

<p><strong>The former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs&comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;Openlife&period;ng">Godsday Orubebe<&sol;a> under the Goodluck Jonathan&&num;8217&semi;s administration&comma;  has secretly dumped his party&comma; the Peoples Democratic Party&comma; &lpar;PDP&rpar; for the ruling All Progressives Congress&comma; &lpar;APC&rpar;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;12890" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-12890" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-12890" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;02&sol;Orubebe1-e1446253464363-300x292&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"292" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-12890" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Godsday Orubebe<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The defection of the former top government official who hails from Delta State&comma; and was a visible loyalist of Jonathan during his administration&comma; according to sources&comma; was done in secret and yet to be formally brought to the public&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Orubebe&comma; who gained international attention during Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s 2015 presidential election when he interrupted the collation of votes in Abuja by the Independent National Election Commission &lpar;INEC&rpar;&comma; was accused by the Code of Conduct Tribunal &lpar;CCT&rpar; of false declaration of assets and taking N70 million bribe&period; This was followed by a summons for his possible arraignment in Abuja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Orubebe in 2015 faced four counts of false declaration of assets&comma; soliciting a bribe&comma; and accepting a bribe&period; It was alleged that on two occasions&comma; Orubebe provided fabricated records of his financial assets to the authorities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;Yes&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s true that the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs&comma; Elder Godsday Orubebe has secretly defected from his party&comma; the Peoples Democratic Party &lpar;PDP&rpar; to our All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar;&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;nigerian-newspapers-10-things-you-need-to-know-this-friday-morning&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ff0000&semi;">Nigerian Newspapers&colon; 10 Things To Know This Friday Morning<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You know about Orubebe&&num;8217&semi;s case with the Code of Conduct Tribunal &lpar;CCT&rpar; for alleged false declaration of assets and taking N70 million bribe&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;You know once you join APC&comma; all your sins are forgiven&period; Though you will not be immediately left off the hook&comma; you will get a soft landing&&num;8221&semi;&comma;<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>an executive member of the newly inaugurated Delta State APC&comma; told <em>SaharaReporters&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;