Dickson’s camp dominates Bayelsa PDP ward congress

Dickson’s camp dominates Bayelsa PDP ward congress

BAYELSA STATE NEWS

Indications emerged on Sunday that the Restoration Team caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State has consolidated its grip on the party after overrunning other caucuses and aspirants in the PDP’s ward delegates’ congress conducted at the weekend.

It was gathered that the political camps of the various aspirants in the party, including that of Timi Alaibe, who is a major frontline contender for the PDP’s governorship ticket, did not make in-roads into the ad hoc delegates’ election.

The five-member national panel of the PDP chaired by the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, conducted the exercise on Friday in the 105 wards of the state to elect the delegates that would elect the party’s candidate at its primaries on September 3.

A chieftain of the party, who confided in our correspondent, said with the outcome of the exercise, the Restoration Team had taken control of the politics of the PDP and even Bayelsa State.

The PDP has been in control of the politics of Bayelsa State since the commencement of democratic governance in 1999.

He said, “They didn’t have people in every ward to stand up for them. It was resounding victory for the Restoration Team all the way, and that shocked Umahi and his committee members contrary to the brazen propaganda and attempts to create the wrong impression.”

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