GEJ Leads PDP Campaign Train in bayelsa

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has led
leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
from across the country to a massive rally in
Bayelsa state.
Governor Seriake Dickson of the PDP and
Timipre Sylva of the APC are the main
contenders in the Bayelsa poll.
The massive rally which took place at the
Samson Siasia Stadium today, November 28,
was geared towards setting things in motion
for the party to clinch the Bayelsa governorship
election slated for Saturday, December 5. According to Leadership, those expected to
grace the massive rally in company of
Goodluck Jonathan are: the chairman of the
PDP Governors Forum and Governor of Ondo
State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, members of the
party’s National Working committee, Board of
Trustees, former Deputy Senate President
Ibrahim Mantu, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and PDP
members of the National Assembly among
others.
The two main contenders in the Bayelsa poll
are Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and Timipre Sylva of
the All Progressives Congress (APC).


The political climate in Bayelsa has been
tensed following accusations and counter
accusations from both the Sylva/ Igiri
cam¬paign organisation (SICO) of the APC and
the Bay¬elsa Restoration Campaign
Organisation (BYRCO) of the PDP over alleged
harbouring of suspected thugs in Bayelsa
Government House and plot to rig the
December 5th governorship elections.
The APC recently accused the PDP of inducing
rural dwellers with money in exchange for their
Permanent Voter’s Cards. The PDP has
however dismissed the accusations as
baseless.