An All Progressives Congress (APC) group, Concerned APC Stakeholders (CAPCS) has urged the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC to sanction erring members and leaders of the party in the state ahead of the November 11 governorship election.
The group stated this while alleging that the minister of state for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, reconciled the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri with minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Nyesom Wike.
The group claimed that the reconciliatory move was to ensure the APC loses the November 11 governorship election in the state.
The group claimed that Diri and Wike, both of whom belong to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), fell apart after the last PDP presidential primaries of which Wike contested by lost to Atiku Abubakar.
They claimed that Wike, who is currently serving as minister under the APC administration, was angry with Diri because he didn’t support him.
A statement by the coordinators of CAPCS, Nimi Benigha-Amange and Kopiamu Arikibai, said Lokpobiri leveraged on his closeness to Wike and prevailed on him to forgive Diri over his refusal to support him during the intra-party election of PDP.
The statement reads, “Former Governor Wike has been unpleasant with Douye Diri before now but Senator Lokpobiri has succeeded in reconciling them to enable him to foster and achieve his interest of ensuring Timipre Sylva fails in the election.”
They further added, “We seize this opportunity to call on our indefatigable National Chairman, His Excellency Abdullahi Ganduje and members of the NWC of our esteemed party to wield the big stick against the saboteurs in our party in order to ensure victory for our candidate, Chief Timpreye Sylva, come November 11th,” the statement said.
