The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Dr. Nimibofa Ayawei as Director General of the Sen. Douye Diri Governorship Campaign Organisation.
Ayawei, who is chairmen of the Bayelsa State Internal Revenue Board, was a front-line aspirant of the PDP in the last gubernatorial primaries which produced Diri as the party’s candidate for the November 16 election in the state.
A statement by the State Secretary of the PDP, Chief Godspower Keku, said that Ayawei’s appointment was part of the key resolutions at a meeting of the Gubernatorial Campaign Advisory Council of the state chapter of the PDP, on Sunday night.
In a related development, Governor Seriake Dickson was said to have reiterated his commitment to hand over power to a PDP democratically-elected governor next year.
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The governor, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, described the opposition party, APC, as a ‘toothless bull dog’ that lacks capacity to win any free, fair and credible election in the state.
He said PDP has demonstrated its readiness to retain the governorship seat in the state through the conduct of a peaceful primaries which had been adjudged as the best in the political history of the state.
Governor Dickson said APC in the state was noted for thuggery, ballot stuffing, hijackings and political violence, adding that this played out during the party’s primaries when the principle of fair play was jettisoned for personal interest.
He commended the PDP aspirants for exhibiting a high sense of discipline, maturity and sportsmanship during and after the conduct of the primaries and assured them that necessary measures would be taken at bringing everybody on board to work for the success of the party in November 16 governorship election.