Bayelsa gov’ship: I won’t support any candidate outside restoration team — Dickson
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has insisted that he will not support any candidate outside his Restoration Team on the platform of the PDP for the November 16, governorship election in the state. The PDP governorship primary in the state has been fixed for September 3. There were 21 PDP gubernatorial aspirants in Bayelsa but only eight of them belonging to the Restoration Team purchased the form and now undergoing screening ahead of the primary. These included the Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral Gboriobogha John Jonah (rtd); the immediate past Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government (SSG) Barr. Kemela Okara; Talford Ongolo (immediate past Chief of Staff to the governor); Hon Tari Oliver former Lagos assembly aspirant and the only female Governorship aspirant; Fred Agbedi (member representing Sagbama/ Ekeremor Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives); Nimibofa Ayawei (chairman of Bayelsa State Board of Internal Revenue); and Senat...