It was learnt that Obolo, who emerged speaker replacing Tonye Isenah during the poll in controversial circumstances, occupied the position as a strategy to boost the electoral fortune of the PDP in his Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.
The immediate past Speaker of the Bayelsa Assembly, Monday Bubuo-Obolo resigned his position following an agreement he reached with leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party before the November 16, 2019 governorship election, it was learnt at the weekend.
The sacked Governor-elect of the APC and the incumbent Governor, Senator Douye Diri, hail from the same Central Senatorial District comprising, Southern Ijaw, Kolokuma-Opokuma and Yenagoa local government areas.While Diri hails from Kolokuma-Opokuma, Lyon is from Southern Ijaw. It was gathered that the PDP leaders resolved that the speakership position should be zoned to Brass, which shares Bayelsa East, with Ogbia, former President Goodluck Jonathan’s local government area and Nembe.
Speaking shortly after his resignation, Obolo said his senatorial district was blessed with a governor and he had to allow another senatorial district to produce a speaker to balance the power sharing formula.
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