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Former Governor of Bayelsa State and Senator representing Bayelsa West, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, has reaffirmed his loyalty to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) contempt caller defections successful the state. He besides expressed enactment for the information of Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, arsenic Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Speaking to journalists and members of the Senate Press Corps, Senator Dickson said helium would ballot to corroborate Professor Amupitan’s nomination, noting that aft owed inquiries, determination was nary grounds linking the nominee to the President’s ineligible squad successful the past predetermination petitions.
“On the ground of the disposable grounds and facts, I volition beryllium voting to corroborate oregon enactment the information of Professor Amupitan,” Dickson stated.
He clarified that the disorder stemmed from the similarity successful names betwixt Professor Amupitan of the University of Jos and Professor Osipitan of the University of Lagos, who had served connected the President’s ineligible team.
“While requiring impartiality of nominees, we should look beyond nonrecreational engagements and absorption connected grounds of partisan oregon governmental involvement,” helium said. “As lawyers, they are duty-bound to judge briefs without being tied to immoderate governmental party.”
Senator Dickson commended the assignment of a Professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) to caput INEC for the archetypal clip successful Nigeria’s history, describing it arsenic a refreshing development.
“Being some a Professor and a Senior Advocate is significant. It gives the nominee a consciousness of work to unrecorded up to his spot successful past and the judgement of posterity,” helium added.
Turning to governmental developments successful Bayelsa State, Senator Dickson reacted to the defection of Governor Douye Diri and respective PDP members to the All Progressives Congress (APC), calling it “a large development” but insisting helium remains successful the PDP.
“I americium not moving. I americium inactive successful the PDP. My beingness and values of constancy, consistency, principle, honour, and loyalty person not changed,” helium declared.
He expressed disappointment that his “hand-picked successor” had chosen a antithetic path, noting that his enactment for Diri successful 2019 was driven by a tendency to uphold the ideals of the Ijaw Nation and support the PDP’s bequest successful Bayelsa.
“It is unfortunate that my successor sees things differently. The PDP gave our radical the accidental to nutrient a Vice President, an Acting President, and a President. It remains the inclusive level for the Ijaw Nation and each Nigerians,” Dickson said.
The erstwhile politician acknowledged challenges wrong the PDP but maintained that existent leaders indispensable stay steadfast successful times of difficulty.
“Captains deserving of their fertile are the past to bail retired of a troubled ship. Any skipper indispensable bash everything imaginable to salvage it. I judge that clip has not come,” helium emphasized.
Senator Dickson called for calm among Bayelsans arsenic the authorities adjusts to its caller governmental dynamics, urging each parties to support bid up of the 2027 elections.
“Even successful the look of pugnacious absorption and economical hardship, we built bid and stableness successful Bayelsa, and I impulse everyone not to undermine that,” helium said.
He commended PDP officials and members who person remained loyal to the party, pledging to enactment with different leaders to reposition the PDP arsenic a beardown and credible absorption successful the state.
“I volition consult with different leaders to statesman the process of rebuilding the PDP arsenic the absorption that we person abruptly become,” helium concluded.
The station I stay successful PDP — Sen. Dickson backs Amupitan’s information arsenic INEC chairman appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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