Ahead of the Bayelsa State Governorship election next month, the incumbent governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Douye Diri has started
It was learnt that the governor who has been making irresistible offers to get the endorsement of the APC chieftains, have also made offers to the Bayelsa East senatorial where former President Goodluck Jonathan hails from.
A PDP source told our correspondent that the governor’s strategy was driven by concerns over the seeming aloofness of his predecessor, Senator Seriake Dickson, who has stayed away from any involvement in Diri’s administration. Although over 10 political parties have candidates for the November poll, the battle is majorly between Governor Diri and the APC candidate, Chief Timpreye Sylva, who is the immediate past minister of State for Petroleum and former governor of the state.
However, the source disclosed that Diri has offered juicy deals to two APC leaders who had fallen out with Sylva and have distanced themselves from the campaigns of their party candidate.However, the source said Diri, latching onto the split within the APC ranks, has given concessions to the aggrieved opposition members in the state ahead of the poll.
The PDP chieftain in the state further noted that the governor’s decided realignment would help his cushion the effect of the “aloofness of his predecessor, Senator Seriake Dickson, who has distanced himself from the Diri administration.”The former governor and his camp feel alienated by Diri, and just like in APC, efforts by the PDP national leadership to broker truce has not succeeded.
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