BAYELSA GUBER:

Patience Jonathan dumps PDP, backs
APC candidate, Sylva
Source: Daily Post
Group accuses Patience Jonathan of hiring thugs to
protest against DicksonAhead of the December 5
governorship election in Bayelsa State, there are
indications that the wife of the former president,
Dame Patience Jonathan, has thrown her political
weight behind the candidacy of Chief Timipre Sylva,
the immediate past governor of the State.
Sylva wants to contest the gubernatorial election on
the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
It was gathered that in a meeting convened by Mrs.
Jonathan recently, in Otuoke, she read the riot act to
members of her group, asking them not to support
the re-election of the incumbent governor, Hon
Henry Seriake Dickson.
thepanacea reports that the former First Lady prefers Dr.
Weripamowei Dudafa, ex-presidential aide to the
immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan and
Commissioner for Local Government under Sylva.
It was gathered that Mrs. Jonathan directed
members of her political group to support the
aspiration of Sylva.
According to those present during the meeting, when
some persons reminded the First Lady that the
former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan had openly
declared support for Dickson, she told them that
Jonathan won't support Dickson when the chips are
down.
Among those who attended the meeting, it was learnt
were a former acting governor of the state and
chairman of the defunct Transformation
Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) in Bayelsa State, Hon
Werinipre Seibarugu, Dr. Dudafa; former
Commissioners for Transport and Sports, Mrs. Marie
Ebikake and Hon Ebikitin Diongoli, a female politician,
Mrs. Remi Kuku and a host of others.
Thepanacea Reports
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