- The allegation that there is a grand conspiracy against the Yoruba at the ongoing national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party has been dismissed
- Bayelsa state governor dismissed this as unfounded
- He said the southwest still has a chance to win the national chairmanship position because they already have a consensus candidate
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Seriake Dickson, Bayelsa state governor dismissed claims that there is a conspiracy against the Yoruba at the ongoing national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party.
“There’s no conspiracy against the southwest,” he said.
This follows allegation by Bode George, a PDP chieftain who alleged that there was a conspiracy against the Yoruba when he withdrew his interest last night.
“Don’t forget that at the last convention, all the governors wanted an aspirant from the southwest,” Mr Dickson said of the 2016 botched convention. “There was even an endorsement of Jimi Agbaje.”
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Segun Adekoya, a PDP member of the House of Representatives, who agreed with the governor, said it’s “too bad” that Yoruba aspirants failed to reach a consensus early.
“We advised them to settle on one person for several weeks but they didn’t listen, this is politics at play, not conspiracy,” Mr Adekoya said.
Dickson, however, said the southwest now had a better chance because they have a consensus candidates in Professor Adeniran.
“If, based on what we’re hearing, six aspirants from the southwest have stepped down, then the remaining aspirant has a chance to be our chairman,” Mr. Dickson said.
“So if in the calculation of people, certain things have changed, then it’s a question of political calculation,” he said. “It’s not conspiracy.”
He, however, declined to disclose his preferred candidate for the national chairmanship position.
“The voting is yet to commence, so there’s no need to prejudge the outcome of the process,” he said.
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Going durther, Dickson said: “I think that all lovers of our party, aspirants and lovers of democracy should rather place more emphasis on the work ahead, especially the next general election coming,” Mr. Dickson said. “We know that the election of the leadership of our party is important. But what is more important is the general election, which would kick-start from next year.”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had earlier reported that former deputy national chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Olabode George said that the party appears now bent on self-destruction by allowing money moguls to dictate the choice of its leaders.
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NAIJ reports that George withdrew last minute from the People Democratic Party (PDP) national convention even after being cleared to contest by screening committee for the party’s chairmanship.
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