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Hours aft the politician of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, announced his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his predecessor and Bayelsa West Senator, Seriake Dickson, has slammed the move, accusing the successor and different defectors of moving distant from the messiness they created.
Senator Dickson, who was speaking connected developments successful the polity connected Wednesday aft Senate plenary, however, threw his value down the information of Professor Joash Amupitan arsenic the caller president of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
While admitting that Governor Diri had consulted him respective times astir his program to dump the PDP, Dickson said helium was ne'er convinced, arsenic determination was nary compelling reason—particularly for a second-term governor—to permission the enactment connected which level helium was elected twice.
According to him, Nigeria, being a plural nine deserves a functional and vibrant multiparty democracy, not a one-party authorities that breeds dictatorship and authoritarianism.
He said: “I americium wherever I person ever been. I don’t judge Nigeria should beryllium a one-party state. As a worker of democracy, I’m utilized to the ups and downs of governmental life. I stay arsenic changeless arsenic the bluish star—steadfast successful the Peoples Democratic Party—and moving with my colleagues to guarantee that the problems successful the enactment are resolved.”
He added: “I anticipation the governors and enactment of the moving committee—who created this messiness successful our party—realise their role. Rather than showing leadership, they allowed the situation to persist and are present bailing retired aft failing oregon refusing to lick it. It’s precise sad. It makes Nigeria look tiny and our ideology looks ridiculous.
“We don’t cognize what they are pursuing—or what is pursuing them—but immoderate it is, it belittles our ideology and endangers our multiparty system.
“I judge successful a multiparty Nigeria. A plural nine tin lone thrive successful a plural antiauthoritarian environment.”
Speaking specifically connected the concern successful Bayelsa State, Dickson said: “Since I near bureau and handed implicit to those who were erstwhile members of my team, I person not played the relation of a governmental godfather. I made nary demands, nary requests, nary pressure—only made myself disposable for consultation and advice.
“In this case, the politician consulted maine respective times, to his credit, but I wasn’t convinced. I didn’t spot immoderate compelling crushed for a second-term politician to defect.”
He continued: “I’m lasting steadfast successful the PDP—the enactment that gave my radical (the Ijaw Nation) and the Niger Delta the accidental to nutrient a vice president, acting president, and adjacent president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“The different enactment cannot bash that. I stay with the PDP. If, successful the end, we bash not win successful rescuing the party, past immoderate corporate determination moving guardant should not see joining the ruling party. I judge ideology requires opposition—a ideology without absorption is nary ideology astatine all.”
On the information of Professor Joash Amupitan arsenic INEC Chairman, Dickson said President Tinubu made an fantabulous prime and pledged to afloat enactment his confirmation erstwhile screened by the Senate.
He said: “I volition formed my ballot successful enactment of the nomination. As a subordinate of the Electoral Committee and of the Senate, I volition enactment with colleagues to guarantee the electoral reforms we are championing travel to fruition and that Professor Amupitan is confirmed.”
“We expect him—as a prof of instrumentality and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, the archetypal SAN to beryllium truthful nominated—to recognize the value of this infinitesimal successful history,” Senator Dickson added.
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