Bayelsa Gov Backs Moves For Birth Of Mega Party
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Ahead of the 2027 elections, the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri has thrown his weight behind current moves for the formation of a mega political party that will take over power from the ruling APC.
But the support is with a proviso: the PDP element must be positioned to take over power at the centre. This happened when the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) visited him at his country home, Sampou, in the Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area.
Diri who lamented how the APC government had impoverished the country and brought hardship to the country urged his colleagues to work in unity as a viable opposition to be able to wrest power from the current political party.
He said it behoved governors, especially those in the opposition PDP to strengthen the party so it can salvage the country from its current slide. “As governors, we need to work closely together. We need to do what is right without minding whose ox is gored.
“We can build consensus as an alternative way of resolving issues. It is not always proper to go to court whenever we are aggrieved. We cannot because of political considerations do the wrong thing. If PDP dies in our hands, posterity will not forgive us.”
Diri assured the party of his support, adding that he was not interested in polarising the PDP, adding that “if anybody is bigger than the party, the person can leave. It is PDP that has made most of us. We cannot be in PDP in the day time and at night be in another party. We need to do in-house cleansing.”
Speaking on behalf of the NWC, the National Treasurer, Alhaji Ahmed Yayare, said due to the level of disenchantment across the country, occasioned by the lingering economic hardship, PDP would produce more governors in 2027.
He said the PDP was the only viable opposition party that could wrest political power from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027, stressing that “if it (PDP) does not take over the leadership of the country, it could be the end of democracy in Nigeria.”
“Nothing stops the PDP producing the president and the vice president in 2027. The cry of hunger and poverty is too much in the land.
“The 36 states of Nigeria are yearning for the return of PDP. The APC cannot go out to campaign because they will be stoned. Nigeria is in your hands. We need your support to salvage Nigeria.”
He said they were prepared to go round PDP states to canvass support ahead of the 2027 election and urged the governors to close ranks towards actualising their vision.
Yayare said the NWC was in Sampou to also commiserate with Senator Diri over the death of the Deputy Inspector General of Police (rtd), Moses Jituboh, and the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Elizabeth Bidei.
The PDP National Secretary, Ude Okoye, also stated that the NWC was poised to reposition the party and demonstrate to Nigerians that they have an alternative that could offer quality leadership. He said the NWC would swing into action towards strengthening the party and ensure that that there was respect for it and its governors.
