The top leadership of the People’s Democratic Party, stakeholders, youth and women groups have unanimously adopted the Senator representing Bayelsa Central as their sole aspirant in the September 3, 2019.
Sen. Diri hails from the same Kolokuma/Okpokuma Local Government area as the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Chief Timi Alaibe, who is also a gubernatorial aspirant.
The decision of the critical stakeholders in Kolokuma/Okpokuma to endorse Diri has further dealt a serious blow to the aspiration of Alaibe to become the PDP flagbearer in the November 16, 2019 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State.
The Stakeholders meeting led by Speaker of the Bayelsa State House òf Assembly, Rt Hon Tonye Isena, was attended by the Chairman, Kolokuma Okpokuma Local Government Area, Hon. Deinye Obaragu, the former Chairman òf the Council, Honourable Wisdom Fafi, who represents the area in the Bayelsa State House òf Assembly and others.
The leaders were unanimous in their decision to adopt Diri for what they described as his sterling record of performance in the public service and the effective exploitation of various public offices he has occupied to promote and develop society.
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They said Diri was the preferred aspirant because Bayelsa needs an experience public figure of tested capacity and experience to build on the eight years of remarkable exploits by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson.
They said Senator Diri has all those attributes.
It was stated further that Diri had proven to be a visionary’s leader with a passion for the protection of the general good.
The stakeholders added that Diri’s years as a crusader for Ijaw interest in the Ijaw National Congress, the House òf Representatives and now, in the Senate show clearly that he has the will, the courage and capacity to protect the interest of Bayelsa and indeed the Ijaw nation. Culled from Bayelsa Today!
