Dickson’s Victory: PDP Governors Forum Hails Bayelsans For Standing Up To “Desperate” APC

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum, PDPGF, has hailed the people of Bayelsa State for standing firm against what it termed the brute force and terror unleashed on them in the just concluded supplementary governorship election in Southern Ijaw and 102 polling units by the All Progressives Congress-led administration.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday evening declared the PDP candidate and incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson winner of the Bayelsa governorship election with 134, 998 votes.

In a statement signed last night by its coordinator, Earl Onaiwu, the PDP Governors Forum said that but for the resilience and determination of the people, the APC was inordinately out to capture the state as if it was a trophy of war.

“The PDP Governors Forum wishes to commend the good and great people of Bayelsa State for standing resolute, firm and immoveable against the desperate attempt by the APC-led regime to hijack the mandate of the people of Bayelsa state.

“It is unfortunate that a party that came into office through a free and fair process offered by an incumbent have neglected to imbibe democratic tenets by engaging in thuggery and outright violence as if the state is a trophy of war.

“The Bayelsa election is a wakeup call to all Nigerians to reject any extra constitutional means by which the APC intends to cling to power.

“We call on our members in Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Edo states to brace up in the coming days and show that the PDP is indeed the custodian of democracy as it has done for the past 16 years”, the statement read.