Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, today visited Oghara,
the country home of Chief James Onanefe Ibori, former Governor of Delta
State.
During the visit, the Bayelsa State Governor held a closed door meeting
with Chief Ibori in his residence.
A Government House statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa
State Governor, Mr. Daniel Iworiso Markson says, the meeting centred
mostly on peace and security in the Niger Delta, as well as possible roles
the former Delta State Governor, who still commands a lot of respect among
his people, could play, especially in the area of rallying major
stakeholders towards tackling some of the peace and security challenges in
the region.
The statement further disclosed that, the two leaders equally discussed
likely windows of opportunities for criminally minded youths in the region
to be more meaningfully engaged as well as protect some of the critical
national assets of the country within the region.
The Bayelsa State Governor, who had earlier spoken with his Delta State
counterpart, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, expressed satisfaction with the
disposition and resolve of the former Governor to support current measures
at tackling the age long security challenges in the region.
Hon. Dickson was accompanied by the Secretary to State Government, Chief
David Serena Dokubo-Spiff, some members of the State Executive Council,
including the Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Hon. Jonathan
Obuebite.
Governor Dickson has since returned to Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.