How Bayelsa APC Became Empty – Former Acting Gov, Seibarugu

A former chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Werinipre Seibarugu, has said the opposition party in Bayelsa State is virtually empty following his defection and other critical stakeholders from the party.

Chief Seibarugu, who was Acting Governor, Deputy Governor and Speaker of the House of Assembly at various times, spoke at a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rally when the Governor Douye Diri re-election campaign trail visited Agudama-Ekpetiama  community in Yenagoa Local Government Area on Sunday.

Seibarugu urged the people to vote PDP in this Saturday’s governorship poll so that the incumbent governor can continue to deliver the dividends of democracy to the state.

A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary and member of the Publicity Directorate of the state PDP Governorship Campaign Council, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted him as saying: “We are all with Governor Diri. The entire state knows that we were the APC stalwarts in Bayelsa and now that we have left, the APC is empty.

“Nobody should deceive you. If they tell you to go and do anything for them (APC), tell your families and friends that they are wasting their time. It is better for you to hear this from the horse’s mouth.

“My former boss (Timipre Sylva) was on a radio programme recently saying he was going to do human empowerment. Ask him, when he was Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, who did he empower? So let us all vote for Governor Diri.”

In his remarks, Senator Douye Diri acknowledged the invaluable contributions of the Ekpetiama people not only to development of the state but also the country.

The governor expressed delight that Seibarugu returned to the PDP to work for its success in the November 11 governorship election.

Earlier, at the palace of the Ibenanaowei of Ekpetiama Kingdom, King Bubaraye Dakolo, who is also chairman of the state traditional rulers council, the governor granted the requests presented by the monarch, which include installation of solar lights, rehabilitation of roads, access road to the palace as well as construction of roads in Bomoundi-gbene and Ikibiri communities.

He also directed the Commissioner for Power and the state electricity board to do an assessment of the community’s power situation and give him a report.

The governor equally directed the Commissioner for Education to inspect the state of the Gbarain community primary schools with a view to putting them to proper use.

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