The ambition of the Bayelsa State candidate in
the November 16 governorship election, Senator
Diri Duoye, to succeed the incumbent Governor
of the state, Hon. Seriake Dickson, at the
weekend, received a huge boost when former
President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, emerged from
a closed-door meeting with governors of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) states, and
endorsed Duoye.
At the meeting which was held at his Abuja
residence, Jonathan asked: “How can I be
working for the All Progressives Congress (APC)
when I am a frontline stakeholder and the father
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)?
The meeting was attended by state Governors of
Abia (Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu); Oyo (Seyi Makinde);
Ebonyi (Umahi); Sokoto (Hon. Aminu Tambuwal);
Taraba (Arch. Darius Ishaku) and his Bauchi
State counterpart, Senator Bala Mohammed, as
well as the Director-General of the PDP
Governors’ Forum Earl Osaro Onaiwu,
represented the forum at the high-profile
meeting.
Few days ago, there were insinuations in the
social media that the former president had
entered into an unholy alliance with the APC-led
federal government to work together in the build-
up to the November 16, 2019, governorship
election in Bayelsa State, a narrative, which was
described in some quarters as the handiwork of
detractors.
However, last Friday’s meeting has doused the
perception, as palpable fear seemed to have
once more gripped the opposition.
It is not clear whether the six governors
facilitated the endorsement as it was perceived
that Dickson blocked the aspiration of the
nominee of a former governor in becoming the
PDP governorship candidate in the November 16
governorship. However, since the emergence of
Douye, efforts have been made to receive the
blessings and endorsement of the PDP
candidate.
But when the PDP governors mobilised to meet
Jonathan and seek his endorsement of Douye,
the former president agreed to support his
governorship ambition.
Young-po Reporters 