Bayelsa Pdp Primaries: Alaibe, Osaisai, Others Jittery
...Devise Plot To Cause Mayhem And Move Primaries To Abuja, PH
...Petition National Headquarters, Over Elected LG Chairmen, Councillors As Delegates
By Tony Okechukwu
Some aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, Bayelsa State Chapter including the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Chief Timi Alaibe, and Dr. Chris Osaisai, amongst others have become panicky as the September 3, 2019 primaries of the Party draws closer.
The Association of Concerned Bayelsa Professionals, in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by its National President, Chief Jasper Timiebi, stated that the aspirants have devised a plot to cause premeditated violence and instability in the State with the intention to arm-twist the national leadership of the party to move the primaries to Abuja or the neighboring Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State.
Timiebi said that decurity intelligence at the disposal of the group revealed that the aspirants are deploying their men to plant bombs, engage in sporadic shootings, to create a non-existent threat of violence to actualize their plot to move the primaries outside Bayelsa contrary to the stipulations of the law.
He said that the ACBP, a body of professionals across the eight local government areas of the state, was concerned about the increasing desperation occasioned by blackmail and the evil plot to unleash mayhem and killings in Bayelsa just to achieve a satanic plot.
He stressed that the aspirants behind the evil plot against Bayelsa and her people were worried about the influence of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson who has led the Restoration Team òf the PDP for almost eight years since 2012.
Timiebi recalled that the said aspirants instigated and indeed sponsored litigations to frustrate the decision of the PDP-led-government to conduct the last local government elections without success.
According to him, when the government vacated all the cases numbering five that were instituted against the conduct of the polls in Abuja, Yenagoa and other cities, the aspirants decided to go for a second option to frustrate the participation of the elected council officials in the primaries.
He insisted that the ACBP which monitored the election in the state observed that it went well with its outcome asserting the massive influence of the governor in the state.
Timiebi said that the Campaign Organisation of one of the contestants, Osaisai wrote a petition dated August 10, 2019, to the National Chairman of the PDP, in which he claimed that there were threats to the peaceful conduct of the gubernatorial primaries in Bayelsa.
According to him, the petition signed by Dr. Ebieri Jones, is kicking against the inclusion of the elected chairmen and councillors as delegates in the primaries as provided for in the PDP constitution.
He said that the petition addressed to the PDP National Chairman copied all members of the National Working Committee, the Chairman and Secretary of the party’s Board of Trustees.
Timiebi said that ACBP was motivated by a strong urge to ensure that the search for the next governor of Bayelsa State was not tainted by underhand tactics and evil machinations by desperate politicians who would stop at nothing to foist themselves on the state.
He enjoined all the aspirants to play by the rule and embrace the repeated slogan of former President Jonathan that nobody’s ambition is worth the life of a single Bayelsan.
He urged the aspirants to talk to the delegates rather than yielding their campaigns to a desperation ignited by the fear of defeat, adding that only a candidate would emerge out of the 21 aspirants.
...Petition National Headquarters, Over Elected LG Chairmen, Councillors As Delegates
By Tony Okechukwu
Some aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, Bayelsa State Chapter including the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Chief Timi Alaibe, and Dr. Chris Osaisai, amongst others have become panicky as the September 3, 2019 primaries of the Party draws closer.
The Association of Concerned Bayelsa Professionals, in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by its National President, Chief Jasper Timiebi, stated that the aspirants have devised a plot to cause premeditated violence and instability in the State with the intention to arm-twist the national leadership of the party to move the primaries to Abuja or the neighboring Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State.
Timiebi said that decurity intelligence at the disposal of the group revealed that the aspirants are deploying their men to plant bombs, engage in sporadic shootings, to create a non-existent threat of violence to actualize their plot to move the primaries outside Bayelsa contrary to the stipulations of the law.
He said that the ACBP, a body of professionals across the eight local government areas of the state, was concerned about the increasing desperation occasioned by blackmail and the evil plot to unleash mayhem and killings in Bayelsa just to achieve a satanic plot.
He stressed that the aspirants behind the evil plot against Bayelsa and her people were worried about the influence of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson who has led the Restoration Team òf the PDP for almost eight years since 2012.
Timiebi recalled that the said aspirants instigated and indeed sponsored litigations to frustrate the decision of the PDP-led-government to conduct the last local government elections without success.
According to him, when the government vacated all the cases numbering five that were instituted against the conduct of the polls in Abuja, Yenagoa and other cities, the aspirants decided to go for a second option to frustrate the participation of the elected council officials in the primaries.
He insisted that the ACBP which monitored the election in the state observed that it went well with its outcome asserting the massive influence of the governor in the state.
Timiebi said that the Campaign Organisation of one of the contestants, Osaisai wrote a petition dated August 10, 2019, to the National Chairman of the PDP, in which he claimed that there were threats to the peaceful conduct of the gubernatorial primaries in Bayelsa.
According to him, the petition signed by Dr. Ebieri Jones, is kicking against the inclusion of the elected chairmen and councillors as delegates in the primaries as provided for in the PDP constitution.
He said that the petition addressed to the PDP National Chairman copied all members of the National Working Committee, the Chairman and Secretary of the party’s Board of Trustees.
Timiebi said that ACBP was motivated by a strong urge to ensure that the search for the next governor of Bayelsa State was not tainted by underhand tactics and evil machinations by desperate politicians who would stop at nothing to foist themselves on the state.
He enjoined all the aspirants to play by the rule and embrace the repeated slogan of former President Jonathan that nobody’s ambition is worth the life of a single Bayelsan.
He urged the aspirants to talk to the delegates rather than yielding their campaigns to a desperation ignited by the fear of defeat, adding that only a candidate would emerge out of the 21 aspirants.
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