Crisis rocks Bayelsa PDP over choice of running mate
The choice of running mate to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has thrown the party into crisis ahead of the November 16 election.
The Bayelsa East Forum for Justice said having picked the candidate from the Bayelsa Central, it was natural to select a competent party man with requisite political clout and popularity from the East. “We urge our flag bearer, Senator Douye Diri, to name his successor from the East. We understand he is under pressure at the moment but he should do the right thing if we must win the election and the right thing is what he knows.
They described the decision as an outrageous mistake that would work against the PDP in the November 16 election. They said: “We are shocked that Governor Dickson who was opposed to the ambition of Fred Agbedi to take over from him because of zoning will now make a u-turn to favour his kinsman from Sagbama.
The Secretary-General of the group, Comrade Beinbebo Akpiri, said the choice of Ehrudjakpor was a sad political development for the PDP.
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