Bayelsa PDP berates elder statesman for attacking Dickson’s government

Mr Henry Dickson

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa State has accused some elders in its fold led by a former adviser to Governor Seriake Dickson, Chief Alex Ekiotenne, of hypocrisy and greed.

Ekiotenne had told journalists earlier in the week that he resigned from the governor’s administration because he (Dickson) was a disappointment to Bayelsans.

He claimed that the governor derailed from the consultative approach to developmental programmes and transparency objectives of his government.

This was as the former Dickson supporter alleged that the governor embarked on many projects in one swoop without consultations and considerations to prioritisation, strategic needs and funding prospects.

But in a statement issued on Saturday by its Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. Osom Macbere, the PDP held that insatiable quest for money was the real reason the elder statesmen and his likes abandoned the Bayelsa State Government.

PDP claimed that Ekiotenne and other elders in the Bayelsa Peoples Consultative Assembly, BPCA, who are against the re-election of the governor, were only after their selfish interest against the collective interest of the state.

While condemning the action of Ekiotenne as most embarrassing and disgraceful, the ruling party in Bayelsa insisted that the elder has remained one of the major beneficiaries of the Dickson’s administration.

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