The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), has told the governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson, to leave it out of the failure of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and its unpopular candidate, Senator Douye Diri, in the just-concluded November 16th governorship election.
The party was reacting to the alarm raised by Dickson and reported by us, that the Federal Government connived with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and used security agents to rig the election, which he described as a military coup against the nation’s democracy.
According to the state APC chairman, Mr. Jothan Amos, the PDP lost the election because it fielded an unpopular candidate for the election.
In a statement signed and sent on Wednesday to DAILY POST, Mr. Amos, said instead of preparing how to pay off the backlog of salaries and pension he owes civil servants and pensioners, Dickson has continued to display his arrogance and total disrespect for the people and elders of the state.
According to him, the APC won the election free and fair because they got the support of the people who were obviously tired of the tyrannical style of governance Dickson subjected them to in the last eight years.
He urged Bayelsans to ignore the comments of Dickson and remain steadfast, as the APC is more focused on drafting better policies and programs that would improve the lives of the people and the socio-economic development of the state for good.