have led to talks for a possible emergence of a consensus candidate before the proposed primary election. In this report, Associate Editor, Sam Egburonu, examines the possibility of this development and reports
The Nation also learnt that the lingering disagreement amongst the leaders of PDP in the state has left the party more divided today than it has ever been since 1999 when it first took over the governance of the state. As Engr. Adagogo Abbey, an insider puts it, “even during the 2015/2016 governorship election, when the party lost most of its leaders to APC also because of disagreements, the remaining members of PDP then were more united than what obtains today in Bayelsa here.
But feelers from some members of the governor’s camp however suggest that Okara’s choice may not have been sealed finally as some influential members of the party close to Dickson are believed to be pushing for the candidacy of Dr. Nimibofa Ayawei, the Chairman of Bayelsa State Board of Internal Revenue.
“At the end of the day one person will emerge and all of us will work for whoever emerges as candidate of the party,” he said. But in our earlier report on this, we had quoted Dickson as saying he would not impose any candidate on the party during the primary election. He gave this promise during a solidarity visit to the Chairman of Daar Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, when the National Broadcasting Commission suspended his company’s license.
He also boasted that his party will sweep the governorship election. “The PDP is the most prepared party. I have in the last years built a solid, formidable and an all-inclusive party, such that even those who left, found it as the most attractive platform to return to,” he said. He condemned Dickson’s recent comment, who said during the official flag off of campaigns for local government elections that if delegates and leadership of the PDP give the governorship ticket to somebody not endorsed by him and his restoration family, the party could jeopardise its chance of retaining power in the state.
As we reported earlier, since the inauguration of the council, both Jonathan and Dickson have publicly spoken well of each other, thereby giving impression that they may have resolved to work as a family.
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