Against the backdrop of an alleged existence of a faction of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Bayelsa state, the party’s Spokesman, Ebiye Ogoli has dismissed such rumours, urging the general public to discountenance such reports.
Reacting to a report that Governor Douye Diri has sacked some political aides for attending a rally organized for the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike in the state, Derri Wright who claimed to be the spokesperson of a faction of the party in the state had in a statement condemned the sack of the political appointees.
But Ogoli, the spokesperson of the PDP in Bayelsa state in a swift reaction, clarified that Wright’s group was not a factional PDP in the state, rather supporters of Wike.
He averred that Bayelsa state PDP has no faction and all the state EXCO and members take directives from Governor Douye Diri who is the leader of the party in the state.
He said” Frankly , in Bayelsa state, l want to put the records straight that PDP has only one state executive committee ( SEC ), and one single state working committee ( SWC )”
“To make the particular matter clear , we have 14 Working Committee Members at the state level. We equally have 25 assistant working committee members . We have 8 local government Chairmen and 17 of their members spread across the 8 local government areas. So we have about 100 of them”
” Then at the ward level, we have about 105 wards and each of them is made up of 17 members . So all of these people , about 2000 in total are safe and well , working together as a group”
” We don’t have any other faction . Wike does not have any faction of PDP in Bayelsa State. Perhaps, he may have supporters which is common with political leaders, but when it comes to PDP, our party has from the state to the ward level, every of our members , one single political leader, our governor , that we all follow and take directives from.”
” So to the best of my knowledge l don’t know where the splinter group is coming from. PDP has just one indivisible family, just one . The EXCO, too, is one single EXCO.”
