Bayelsa: Group Faults Calls On Alaibe To Apologise To PDP

By Ayodele Oluwafemi

A group, Make Bayelsa Great (MBG) has faulted calls on erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Timi Alaibe to apologise for past hurts on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP saying such calls were aimed at causing acrimony between Alaibe and Governor Serikae Dickson.

The group’s assertion follows the recent calls by Restoration Foot Soldiers to first of all make an apology to the PDP for past betrayals before seeking the party’s ticket.

But responding in a statement, the MBG through its Coordinator, Bodise Wilson disagreed with the demand saying the “Restoration Foot Soldiers” was a faceless and mischievous group out to cause mischief in the ruling PDP in the state.

Wilson in the statement said:

“Ordinarily, we wouldn’t have replied to the ranting of this fake group, but for the benefit of the public, there is need to set the records straight, so that gullible minds will not be tempted to take the fallacies of this group hook line and sinker.

“Furthermore, we wish to make it clear that the sponsors of this group who are political jobbers whose stock in trade is to create confusion, so that they can refill their dried bank accounts for their selfish aggrandizements, these evil machinations will not see the light of the day.

“We wish to state as follows; That this fake group of fraudsters use the phrase PDP “Restoration Foot-Soldiers”, to make believe that they are working for the State Governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, while they are not, but out to fan the embers of discord between the Governor and Chief Alaibe.

“There is no dispute between Governor Seriake Dickson and Chief Alaibe. The sponsors of the fake group “Restoration foot-soldiers” only in their mischief wants the world to believe that the governor is behind their activities, but we know the governor is not anyway connected to the group.  

“It is foolhardy when the fake group admitted that “Alaibe has the constitutional right to contest the forthcoming Governorship election in Bayelsa, but Alaibe, without publicly apologizing to all loyal members of the PDP in Nigeria and especially in Bayelsa is not qualified to be called a member of the PDP much less contesting any election on the platform of the party”.

“At different fora, Alaibe has taken time to explain reasons for withdrawing from the governorship contests and has consistently emphasized that the blood of the people is not worth his ambition, noting that he doesn’t want to create widows and orphans because he wants to be governor of Bayelsa State.

“Let it be known to these political miscreants that anybody who aspires to be governor has supporters and followers. It is true some highly respected Party chieftains accompanied Alaibe to pick up his Nominations form at Wadata plaza. But is that enough reason for them to drag the name of the former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan into their statement, if they are not shenanigans?

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