Nov 16th: PDP Rounds – off Guber Campaigns in Bayelsa

By: Ariwera Ibibo – Howells, Yenagoa

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP penultimate Tuesday in Yenagoa, rounded-off its campaigns for the November 16th Bayelsa State Governorship election.

Addressing party faithful and supporters, National Chairman of the party, Chief Uche Secondus urged them to be steadfast in their support and willingness to work for the party and its gubernatorial candidate.

Secondus called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to maintain the sanctity of the ballot, stressing that in past elections conducted under the watch of the APC administration, INEC in connivance with security operatives had skewed the process to favour the All Progressives Congress, emphasizing that the world is watching the forthcoming Bayelsa and Kogi states elections.

Also speaking, governor of Bauchi State and chairman of the Bayelsa State Governorship election committee, Bala Mohammed described the APC as a party doomed for failure, saying that Bayelsa is synonymous with the PDP.

The Bauchi State Governor, lambasted the All Progressives Congress, insisting that from 2015 – date when the APC has been in control of the Federal Government no meaningful achievement has been recorded in the nation, calling on Bayelsans to vote massively for the PDP so as to consolidate on the achievements of the out-going PDP administration.

Assuring Bayelsans that the party would maintain power in the state, the state Governor Seriake Dickson called on party faithful never to bow down to pressure from federal might during the election, emphasizing that the party has the structure to win all elections in the state.

Dickson said, “the PDP has 105/105 counsellors in the state, we have 8/8 local government chairmen in the state. We also have 8/8 vice chairmen and out of 23 Assembly members the PDP has 19. That only 10 out of thousands of members defected does not mean that the party is affected. We are not affected at all. All the party stakeholders from southern Ijaw are still in the PDP.”

Governor Dickson who described Bayelsa state and Ijaw land as PDP stronghold applauded spectators and party stakeholders for turning in their numbers for the grand finale of the Gubernatorial campaigns, stressing that records available to him show that the party would win the forthcoming polls.

Meanwhile the Peoples Democratic Party Governorship candidate, Senator Douye Diri has assured Bayelsans that he would consolidate on the achievements of Governor Dickson when he comes into power as Governor of the state.

Diri state that upon assumption of office his government would complete all projects and programmes started by the Dickson’s administration just as he said more impactful programmes would be initiated and other projects executed across the state to fast tract development.