“Don’t Destroy Bayelsa APC” Group Tells Aspirants

The Bayelsa Democratic Coalition has urged guber aspirants in the state  All Progressives Congress APC not to destroy the rising profile of the party in the state. The group in a press statement signed by its National Coordinator Eddie Tekenah and made available to newsmen in the state capital Yenagoa said from indications, governorship aspirants in the party are bent on allowing their political interests to becloud their sense of judgments and rationality as far as the race for Bayelsa government House is concerned.

The Coalition said what is needed is a synergy to kick out the underperforming governor Seriake Dickson from office and enthroning the positive change which the APC represents.

The group said the decision of major stakeholders in the state to jettison the Peoples Democratic Party PDP for the All Progressives Congress APC should be seen as a positive step towards ensuring that the APC gains the confidence of the people rather than leading to its decimation.

The group wondered why campaign of calumny has become the order of the day since the decampment of people like Timi Alaibe and co stressing that such campaign of calumny is giving the party a bad image in the state which is bad. It said politicians must understand the value of being united despite personal interests.

The group urged the leadership of the party at the national level to look beyond sentiments and call to order anybody who is seen to be working against the image of the party due to personal and selfish interests. “It is wrong for aspirants to at this point in time begin campaigning against each other in order to place themselves for the position at stake. They must realize that power comes from God and only Him can give it to whom He decides to give to. All these blackmails against perceived opponents must stop if the APC intends to take the Government House from the PDP” the statement added.

It should be noted that since the decision of some politicians to decamp from the PDP to the APC, there have been series of attacks against them especially from the ranks of some APC members who view their decision to enter the APC as a threat to their aspirations.

Meanwhile a chieftain of the APC who craved anonymity has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the APC to look beyond sentiments in backing the best candidate for the flagbearership of the party. The party chieftain said the party must ensure that the most popular candidate is given the ticket if it desires to wrest power from the PDP in the forthcoming governorship election in the state.