Gov. Seriake Dickson says
ex-president Goodluck Jonathan was deceived by the All Progressives Congress to
endorse the illegitimacy that happened during the governorship election on
Saturday.
Dickson said this while
addressing a world press conference in Yenagoa on Tuesday.
He refuted the claims that he
alienated PDP stakeholders including the former president, adding that the
primary election that produced the PDP candidate was credible.
He said the endorsement of Mr
David Lyon, a member of the All Progressives Congress by ex-president Good luck
Jonathan was regrettable and a ploy by the APC to strategically take over the
state.
Dickson said he will continue to
respect the ex-president, adding that he will soon reveal to the public what
transpired between them.
“Jonathan remains my oga and I
respect him, but there are lots of efforts by certain interest to create a rift
between us, there is no politician that has been there for the former president
than me.
“He has also helped me but it is
unfortunate that I am being misconstrued in this matter of the election, I
tried to meet Jonathan for 16 times and he opted to support a candidate that
does not wish me well.
“I will soon write my memoirs and
people will have a fair view of what happened, the visit of some APC governors
to Jonathan who congratulated the APC candidate without congratulating the
candidate of his party.
“It is strategic for APC leaders
to use Jonathan to legitimise the illegitimacy that happened on Saturday.”
Dickson, however, insisted that
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would challenge the result of Nov. 16
Bayelsa governorship election in court.
He maintained that the PDP did
not lose the election as it was characterised by violence and widespread
malpractices which were carefully documented.
“Our candidate, Sen. Douye Diri
and the party chairman have been speaking about the charade called election
that took place in Bayelsa on Saturday, and the invasion of our state by
security forces.
“The dehumanisation of our people
and how the majority of the areas and in places, where our people were denied
the right to vote for the candidate of their choice.
“The story is all out there that
what took place in the state on Nov. 16 was not a democratic election.
“So, today, I’m here to add my
voice to all that has been said already, and it was so brazen, it has never
been like this in this state before,” he said.
Dickson added: “I know that in
2015, we went through a very tough time, there was displayed of federal might,
but at least, it was not as bad as this.”
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