Odahiekwu Ogunde , Yenagoa
Ahead of the Bayelsa West Senatorial by-election, kinsmen of former deputy governor and All Progressives Congress senatorial candidate, Chief Peremobowei Ebebi, have reaffirmed their support for Chief Seriake Dickson, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Former governor Seriake Dickson is from Sagbama Local Government Area of the district, while his major contender, Ebebi, is from Ekeremor LGA.
In a statement on Friday by the leader of Concerned Youths of Ekeremor LGA, Comrade Kennedy Olorogun, the people said Dickson was the best thing that had happened to Bayelsa West since the creation of Bayelsa State.
Olorogun reiterated the fact that in the political history of Sagbama and Ekeremor, no one did a quarter of what Dickson had done for them, ranging from unprecedented infrastructural development and youths engagement in strategic positions of governance.
He said the statement was to further seal and affirm their earlier endorsement and declaration made for the former governor, branding him as a leader with the requisite knowledge to man the Senate’s position.
Olorogun, who is the immediate past Chairman of the Ijaw Youth Council, Central Zone, further acknowledged the confidence, dexterity and intellectual capacity of Dickson.
He said, “Ex-governor Seriake Dickson is an experienced, tested and trusted leader, hence our choice of him to represent us at the hallowed red chamber of the National Assembly.
“His representation will have direct positive impact on Bayelsa State and Ijaw nation at large.”
He said Ebebi should, as a humble leader, adhere strictly to his earlier echoes of zoning formula, adding that the former Speaker of the state Assembly was one of those that fronted the gentleman zoning agreement between the two LGAs.
Olorogun also argued that the APC had goofed by picking their senatorial candidate from Ekeremor, when they already have a serving House of Representative member in the person of Mr Fredrick Agbedi.
He said for fairness and equal opportunities’ sake, Sagbama is to produce the Senator for the district this time in conformity with the alleged resolved zoning formula.