After a report by Daily Trust detailing how some heavyweights in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State have shunned campaign rallies, former governor of the state, Senator Seriake Dickson, has attended the re-election campaign rally of Governor Duoye Diri.
Dickson, the senator representing Bayelsa West and political godfather to the current governor, was one of those the report identified as having never appeared at any of the re-election campaign rallies of the governor thereby raising suspicion among PDP supporters.
The former governor, while speaking during the grand finale of the PDP campaign in Yenagoa on Tuesday, stated that he is solidly behind the re-election of his successor and called on Bayelsans to vote for him again.
The acting PDP National Chairman, Amb. Umar Damagum, who presented the party’s flag to Diri and his running mate, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, urged Bayelsa people to continue to support the party to ensure good governance in the state.
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Meanwhile, as part of the measures to conduct a peaceful election in the state on Saturday, Diri, candidate of the APC, Timipre Sylva and 14 other political party governorship candidates will sign a peace accord today.
The peace accord, organized by the National Peace Commission chaired by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, will have each of the governorship candidates in the election expressing their commitment to peace during and after the election.
