For claiming that the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, is not in support of the re-election aspiration of the president, Bola Tinubu, the factional chairman of the PDP in the state, George Turnah, has come under serious attack in the hands of the APC chairman, Warman Ogoriba.
Turnah has, in the recent past, renewed his vituperation against Diri, the latest being the allegation that Diri was working against Tinubu ahead of the 2027 election.
The comment has attracted the ire of the APC state chairman who believes that Turnah needs an urgent attention of a psychiatrist. He said in a statement on Friday that Turnah, an ex-convict, needs to be examined so that his true mental state can be ascertained.
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In responding to Turnah’s claims against the governor, Ogoriba described the claim as not only baseless but also a clear sign of mental instability and called on those around him to as a matter of urgency ensure that he is examined.
Ogoriba said Turnah’s penchant for lies was unfortunate, saying it is laughable that anyone could imagine that Governor Diri was not backing the re-election bid of President Tinubu as his actions and utterances prove beyond any reasonable doubt that he is in the forefront of the campaign for the President’s re-election.
The APC chairman also rubbished claims by Turnah that the governor was not supporting the City Boys Movement in the state, insisting that he does not know the workings of the support group, which Diri has been supporting in different ways, including his physical appearance at the group’s events.
Ogoriba also described as frivolous figures put out by Turnah as the amount the state government spent to organise the 30th anniversary celebration of the state and urged the good peoppe of Bayelsa to ignore his rantings.
He said Turnah does not have the character and capacity to win a single polling unit for his party in the forthcoming general election.
Ogoriba further stated that it was unfortunate that Turnah who was a beneficiary of Governor Diri’s benevolence could turn around to bite the fingers that fed him and called on security agencies to caution him to desist from insulting the leader of the APC in Bayelsa, stressing that campaigns should be issue-based and not an opportunity to heat up the polity with baseless claims.
He declared that in Bayelsa, there was nothing like Rainbow Coalition, maintaining that the APC had the required structure to deliver Tinubu and all its candidates in the forthcoming elections
