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Thursday, October 16th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seriake Dickson, legislator representing Bayelsa west, has slammed Douye Diri, politician of Bayelsa, pursuing his resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Dickson accused Diri and different defectors of leaving the problems they created.
The African Examiner recalls that Diri resigned from the PDP connected Wednesday aft a furniture gathering astatine the authorities location successful Yenagoa.
The politician stated that helium near the absorption enactment for “very evident reasons”.
Speaking with journalists aft the legislature plenary connected Wednesday, Dickson stated that Diri had consulted him “several times” earlier helium made the decision, however, helium recovered nary superior crushed for a second-term politician to dump the PDP.
“I americium wherever I person been. I americium wherever I am. I don’t judge that Nigeria should beryllium a one-party state,” Dickson said.
“As a worker of democracy, I’m utilized to the ups and downs of governmental life. I stay steadfast successful the Peoples Democratic Party, moving with my colleagues and friends to guarantee that the problems successful the enactment are solved.”
The erstwhile Bayelsa politician accused the PDP governors and members of the party’s nationalist moving committee (NWC) of being liable successful the situation of the party.
“I anticipation that the governors and the enactment moving committee who created this messiness successful our party, each of them, and who, alternatively of showing leadership, person created this messiness and ensured that it has persisted for this long,” helium said.
“They are the ones present bailing retired aft creating the occupation that they could not lick oregon refused to solve. It’s precise sad. Very, precise sad. It’s making Nigeria look tiny and making our country’s ideology look ridiculous.”
According to Dickson, the defection inclination is simply a menace to ideology successful the country.
“We don’t truly cognize what they are pursuing oregon what is pursuing them. But immoderate it is, it belittles our ideology and endangers our multi-party system,” helium said.
“Since I near office, I’ve not acted arsenic a godfather. I made nary demands, placed nary pressure, lone offered proposal erstwhile consulted.
“In this case, the politician consulted maine respective times, but I was not convinced due to the fact that I didn’t spot immoderate compelling crushed for a second-term politician to defect.”
Dickson disclosed that his loyalty to the PDP is hinged successful the party’s humanities relation successful empowering the Niger Delta and the Ijaw nation.
“I americium inactive lasting successful the PDP that gave my radical and the Niger ...
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