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| Senators, Reps Team Up With First Lady Against Gov. Dickson by farem: 3:13pm On Nov 16, 2014 |
Senators, Reps team up with First Lady against Dickson •Gov: We’re a peaceful, united family SENATORS and members of the House of Representatives from Bayelsa State may have joined forces with the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, against Governor Seriake Dickson. The federal lawmakers were said to have formed a formidable force to upturn moves by Dickson and his camp to deny them reelection in 2015 by zoning them out of reckoning. The angry lawmakers were said to have aligned with the moves by the first lady to replace Dickson with her loyalist in 2016. It was gathered that some of the senators held separate meetings with President Jonathan and his wife to fine-tune strategies of outsmarting the governor to clinch their party tickets for 2015 elections. Dickson has been in a running battle with the lawmakers following their ambitions to return to the National Assembly for second and third terms. The camp of the governor had through stakeholder meetings reached decisions to zone the National Assembly seats in the state in the interest of equity, unity and peace. The agitation for zoning had unsettled the state chapter of the PDP and compelled the lawmakers to hold parallel congresses to counter the moves of the governor’s loyalists. With the development, the governor was said to be fighting the alleged plots by the first lady to remove him from office and insistence of the federal lawmakers to have their way. It was learnt that the federal lawmakers seized last Thursday’s visit of Dame Patience to make a bold statement to the Dickson’s camp. Senators Emmanuel Paulker (Central), Clever Ikisikpo (East) and Heineken Lokpobiri (West) including all the members of the House of Representatives from the state attended the programme while Dickson was absent. The first lady, who was apparently elated at the solidarity shown her by the lawmakers, informed the crowd that the senators held a meeting with the president at the eve of the event. She said, shortly after the meeting, the senators promised they would attend the programme on a chartered flight. She thanked them for making good their promise. A source, who pleaded for anonymity, said the absence of the governor at the occasion was an indication of a widening crack between the presidency and Dickson. The source recalled that President Jonathan refused to attend the Bayelsa State Thanksgiving Day, which held recently at the Cultural Centre, Yenagoa. “Jonathan was in the state but instead of identifying with the event, he chose to go back to Abuja after giving some excuses. “Jonathan has been going to other states including Akwa Ibom State to commission projects but he has refused entreaties from the governor to visit Bayelsa and inaugurate some of his projects. All is not well. “The governor was not present at Dame Patience’s event but all the senators and members of the House of Representatives were there. “They are passing a strong message to Dickson. None of them attended the Bayelsa Thanksgiving Day. But they were with madam. The battle has just started,” he said. But Dickson, in a statement yesterday, described the PDP in the state as one peaceful, united and focused family under the leadership of the president and the governor. In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the governor said the party was working collectively and rallying the needed support for President Goodluck Jonathan in the next elections. He cautioned party faithful, especially person seeking elective positions and their supporters, to be mindful of their utterances and actions. He feared that unguarded utterances could be used by the opposition to paint a wrong or misleading picture of the state of affairs in the state. Dickson reaffirmed the state’s unflinching support for President Jonathan’s re-election bid and called on the political class and the entire people of the state to rally round him at all times. |
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