The ruling All Progressive
Congress (APC), has told the governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson,
to leave it out of the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its
unpopular candidate, Senator Douye Diri, in the just-concluded November 16th
governorship election.
The party was reacting to the
alarm raised by Dickson that the Federal
Government connived with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),
and used security agents to rig the election, which he described as a military
coup against the nation’s democracy.
According to the state APC
chairman, Mr. Jothan Amos, the PDP lost the election because it fielded an
unpopular candidate for the election.
In a statement signed and sent on
Wednesday, Mr. Amos, said instead of preparing how to pay off the
backlog of salaries and pension he owes civil servants and pensioners, Dickson
has continued to display his arrogance and total disrespect for the people and
elders of the state.
According to him, the APC won the
election free and fair because they got the support of the people who were
obviously tired of the tyrannical style of governance Dickson subjected them to
in the last eight years.
He urged Bayelsans to ignore the
comments of Dickson and remain steadfast, as the APC is more focused on
drafting better policies and programs that would improve the lives of the
people and the socio-economic development of the state for good.
He said, “the PDP lost the
election because of the attitude of Dickson. The manner he insulted and
disrespect the people of the state, especially elders, is unprecedented. He has
insulted everybody in Bayelsa, including former president of Nigeria, Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan.
“If Dickson has insulted the
likes of Dr. Goodluck who picked him from nowhere and made him governor, then
nobody should be surprised that he is bracingly accusing the Presidency and the
INEC of complicity when he knows that the right thing to do at this point is to
head to the Election Petition Tribunal if at all he has a case.
“What happened in the just
concluded election was the manifestation of the will of the people who wanted
to be librated from the bondage Dickson subjected the to. They simply expressed
the fact that they were tired of darkness, underdevelopment, non-payment of
salaries, too many abandoned projects, dilapidated schools, insecurity and
misappropriation of public funds.
“The people expressed their
disappointment in the PDP led government at the polls, this was done without
any form of financial inducements. If at all Dickson has learnt to receive wise
cancel, I would suggest he rather start offsetting the many debt he owes
Bayelsa civil servants and not to continue to make comments that would bridge
the existing peace Bayelsans currently enjoy.
“He should start preparing his
hand-over note because the battle is lost. In spite of the fact that he has
failed to congratulate our governor-elect, Chief David Lyon, the people are
happy about the way the election turned out. Go to the streets of Yenagoa, you
would see people celebrating the victory of our party. And the APC is more
focused on how to bring the needed change the people desire, and not to pay
attention to hate speeches of Dickson.”
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