Governor of Bayelsa
State, Hon Seriake Dickson, has reaffirmed its total support and commitment to the re-election project of President Goodluck Jonathan.
He also warned politicians in the state to eschew every form of subversive and divisive tendencies capable of threatening the existing peaceful, harmony, unity and conducive environment his government had worked hard to put in place.
Dickson spoke against the backdrop of insinuations that some political appointees were dropped because of a rift with the President, a statement by his media aide, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said.
Dickson said as the leader of the government and the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa, he personally mobilised women and youth groups from all over the state and also led the state delegation to attend the traditional marriage of the President’s niece at Otuoke last Saturday.
He berated politicians led by the immediate past Deputy Governor of the state, Werinipre Seibarugu and Mrs. Remi Kuku and their cohorts for creating divisions among the women, mostly to serve their own selfish interest and personal aggrandisement other than the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria.
He described their antics as childish and most deplorable, especially, for people claiming to be working for the success of the PDP.
He said, “While operating under the aegis of the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria, they rallied senior members of the previous administration in the state to engage and promote the politics of subversion and needless divisions amongst the women and other groups, who were mobilised to attend and honour the President on the occasion of the traditional marriage of his niece.
“Mrs. Kuku did not only create division among the women, but displayed total disrespect for senior officials of the Bayelsa State Government by her actions and this can no longer be condoned in a disciplined set up like the Restoration Government.
“It is important to state for the records, especially at this period of heightened political activities that, while politicians and groups are free to set up campaign structures to promote their personal, political aspirations and canvas for votes from the electorate, they must do so within the confines of the law.
“These should not in any way amount to destabilisation of the state. Security agencies in the State must be alive to their constitutional roles and duties to protect the security and stability of the state.”