I’ll Present Diri,Running Mate To Ex- President Jonathan- Gov.Dickson

– Governor Dickson described the former President as his elder brother and leader

– The governor also promised to present the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Douye Siri and his running mate, Senator Lawrence Ewrujakpor, to former President Jonathan

– Dickson made the statement when the Ogbia Restoration Caucus,of the PDP, from Jonathan’s Ogbia Local Local Government Area, visited him

 

Bayelsa state Governor, Seriake Dickson has dismissed the insinuations of a frosty relationship between him and the former president,Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, saying that the report was the handiwork of self-centered politicians on a mission to use the former President’s name to cause mischief.

The governor made the statement at the weekend through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, said that the decision was borne out the high respect he had for Jonathan as a leader.

The governor also promised to present the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Douye Siri and his running mate, Senator Lawrence Ewrujakpor, to former President Goodluck Jonathan as a mark of respect.

He said the presentation would take place at the earliest convenience of the former President.

Dickson made the statement when the Ogbia Restoration Caucus,of the PDP, from Jonathan’s Ogbia Local Local Government Area, visited him for an interactive session on Sunday.

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Dickson, who described the former President as his elder brother and leader, noted that he was deeply appreciative of the mutually beneficial political alliance and relationship spanning over 17 years between the two of them.

Dickson told Jonathan’s kinsmen that he visited the former President on 15 occasions out of respect to compare notes with him and to agree on a candidate to support collectively which unfortunately did not happen during the transition period.

The governor commended the Ogbia Restoration Caucus and all members of the party for holding onto the PDP which gave the Ogbia people the opportunity to contest highest offices in the land.

He said: “If the rest of this state, the rest of the Ijaw nation, the rest of Nigeria, supported us and worked with us, then the least we can expect is that we in Bayelsa and Ogbia in particular should be faithful to the PDP.”

He added: “Nobody here is Dr. Jonathan’s mate in Bayelsa. He was a former President of Nigeria but some people around him are always dragging his name into the local politics of the state, the politics of the local government area just to have their way, and when they fail, they spread the propaganda that the former President is sidelined. I have been silent all along out of respect for the man that I respect as my oga any day.”