{"id":112967,"date":"2024-07-04T19:44:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T18:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=112967"},"modified":"2024-07-04T19:44:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T18:44:07","slug":"gov-diri-rejects-call-to-be-atikus-2027-running-mate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/gov-diri-rejects-call-to-be-atikus-2027-running-mate\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov Diri Rejects Call To Be Atiku\u2019s 2027 Running Mate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1803662849824638269\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governor of Bayelsa State Douye Diri has shut down the alleged call to be former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s running mate in the 2027 presidential election.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIn a statement yesterday, a group under the auspices of Diri Angels suggested that Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2023 presidential election, should pick Diri as his running mate if he emerges the party\u2019s candidate again in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement yesterday, the governor\u2019s chief press secretary, Daniel Alabrah, described the suggestion as a Greek gift from political jobbers.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said the group\u2019s aim, which he believes is non-existent, was to cause disaffection in some quarters and that the plot had failed.<\/p>\n<p>He said God had always guided him on his political journey and that he was not swayed by any advocacy that was inconsistent with his godly and political principles.<\/p>\n<p>Diri assured the people of Bayelsa State of his commitment to delivering the dividends of democracy based on the mandate they first gave him in 2019 and re-affirmed on November 11, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the people of the state not to worry about the antics of political buccaneers who intended to distract him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not swayed by such calls. In my political journey, I have always relied on God and not on political jobbers with devious intentions,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Bayelsa State Douye Diri has shut down the alleged call to be former Vice President Atiku Abubakar\u2019s running mate in the 2027 presidential election. 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