Obaseki was able to defeat the APC in 2020 not because he was well grounded politically, but because the Edo electorate saw him as someone being oppressed by a political godfather and benefactor. The infighting in APC both at the national and state levels contributed to his being re-elected for second term.
The Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Campaign Council has called on the Inspector-General of Police and Director-General of the Department of State Services to immediately invite a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Joshua MacIver, for questioning. Chairman of the campaign council’s Publicity Directorate, Hon. Ayibaina Duba, in a statement issued…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, high scores, saying his first term in office was very impressive. A statement by the Governor’s spokesman, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the party’s National Vice Chairman (South South), Chief Dan Orbih, as having stated this when he led the zonal working…
*Says Sylva Anti-Development Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has alerted security agencies to a plot by the opposition in the state to cause mayhem in Ogbia Local Government Area during the November 11 governorship election. In a statement the Chief Press Secretary the Bayelsa State Governor Mr. Daniel Alabrah, who is also member of…
“We left Jerusalem and went to Egypt but now we are back in Jerusalem and this is where we will stay. We are not going back again”.
In a massive defection move, over 2,000 All Progressive Congress (APC) faithfuls have left the Broom Party to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Otuan, Southern Ijaw Ward 5. The defectors were received by the Vice Chairman of PDP, Bayelsa Central Hon. Nathan Wisdom alongside other PDP stakeholders in the ward. The defectors, in…
My attention has been drawn to numerous stories making the rounds, particularly in the social media space of my alleged defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). I like to state without equivocation that there is no truth in the alleged defection stories. While it is true that I was invited to a meeting with…
Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has charged his appointees and members of the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) to stand firm in defence of democracy during the November 11 governorship election in the state. The Bayelsa governor also called on local and international lovers of democracy to show keen interest in the forthcoming elections…
The Hon. Member Representatives representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency Engr. Rodney Ebikebina Ambaiowei has said that there is no other party apart from PDP in Bayelsa State. Hon. Rodney Ambaiowei stated this during a strategic meeting with critical stakeholders of Southern Ijaw Constituency 1 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), comprising Amatolo, Amassoma and Otuan,…
The newly-appointed Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has clarified that he sought the approval of some leaders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before accepting the ministerial position offered to him by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. As a former governor of Rivers State and a member of the PDP, Mr Wike’s…
