Dickson Plotted PDP’s Defeat In Bayelsa – Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused his Bayelsa State counterpart, Henry Seriake Dickson of plotting the defeat of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election in his State by conniving with the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Wike, during a media chat in Port Harcourt on Monday rebuffed Governor Dickson’s claims that he connived with the Federal Government to rig the Bayelsa governorship poll.
He declared that it was the greed of Governor Dickson that made the PDP lose the last governorship poll to the opposition APC, claiming that he had rallied massive support for the Bayelsa PDP candidate, Senator Douye Diri in that election.
Governor Wike insisted that Dickson had schemed with the APC to ensure the defeat of the PDP after a failed attempt to defect to the former party in order to avoid the wrath of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after leaving office as Governor in 2020.
“I am the only State in the South-South that President Muhammadu Buhari never got 25 per cent. In Bayelsa, they (APC) got about 45 per cent. They got one Senate, they got two House of Representatives. Which one did they have here? I took everything.
“So who colluded with who? They will go and settle at the back and tell them to protect them that they will give them percentage. Dickson had concluded arrangements to join APC. It was Timipre Sylva and Heineken Lokpobiri that blocked him. Let him (Dickson) deny.
“It has dawned on him now that all those games you are playing in the night, nobody will keep to it. I challenge Dickson, let him ask his candidate Senator Douye Diri the contributions made by my humble self.
“In fact, the Governors who came to campaign under PDP, I gave them the vehicles to go to Bayelsa. Bayelsa never brought vehicles to pick them from the airport. Even the Governors who went there to campaign never had water to drink.
“I had to bring them back here (Port Harcourt) to make sure they had water to drink and sleep. What is he (Dickson) talking about? You plan for PDP to fail election, you are now shouting federal government,” Wike stated.
He also accused Governor Dickson of deliberately bringing somebody from his local government (Sagbama) as deputy governorship candidate in the last election to enable him go to the Senate, but said his plan failed.
“You are leaving as Governor, you are also taking a deputy governor from your local government, so that you will run for Senate. Man proposes, God disposes!”, Governor Wike said.