A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of
\nthe All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has insisted
\nthat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would lose the forthcoming
\nGovernorship election in Bayelsa state for “choosing to field a weak
\ncandidate.”<\/p>\n
He therefore congratulated the candidate of the APC in Bayelsa state,
\nDavid Lyon, ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n
Frank in a statement in Abuja on Friday, noted that the APC’s candidate
\nis better placed to win the elections in view of the fact that the PDP
\nhas curiously chosen to field a weak candidate against the APC’s
\nflag-bearer.<\/p>\n
“APC will win the forth-coming\u00a0 governorship election in Bayelsa State
\nseeing the weak candidate (Governor Seriake) Dickson and the PDP have
\nchosen as their flag-bearer,” Frank said.<\/p>\n
“It is not my wish for the APC to win the forth coming Bayelsan
\ngovernorship election in November as I am not a member of the APC
\nneither am I a supporter of the party, but from the look of things, the
\nchoice made by Dickson and the PDP is\u00a0 not inspiring. Actually, it’s
\ndisappointing,” he said.<\/p>\n
He noted that this was not the first time he is toeing this path.<\/p>\n
Frank said: “I want to remind those that are surprised that this was the
\nsame position I took against my former party, the APC in 2015, when the
\nformer governor and now the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief
\nTimipre Sylva was nominated. He lost the election.<\/p>\n
“History is about to repeat itself albeit in PDP because it is making
\nthe same mistake that the APC made in 2015.<\/p>\n
“Therefore, the handpicked PDP’s candidate will lose the forth coming
\ngovernorship election in Bayelsa State.<\/p>\n
“To prove my point, it could be recalled there was neither excitement
\nnor jubilation from Bayelsans after the ‘arrangee’ primaries that
\nproduced the PDP’s candidate.<\/p>\n
“The adhoc congress already programmed him to win, Bayelsans and PDP
\nknow that there was no congress in Bayelsa as it was programmed in a way
\nto favour him. PDP will regret its action as it will son boomerang
\nagainst them.<\/p>\n
“Bayelsans had looked forward to a formidable candidate in the person of
\nChief Timi Alaibe but some powerful forces from the PDP’s NWC and
\nGovernor Dickson traded Timi Alaibe for a weak candidate for selfish
\nreasons to enable the APC to take over the governorship of Bayelsa
\nState.<\/p>\n
“I am pained to see that Bayelsans will have no choice than to vote for
\nAPC which has a better candidate.<\/p>\n
“Bayelsans should hold Dickson and PDP’s NWC responsible for the
\nimminent APC’s victory in the state.<\/p>\n
“I would have loved the PDP’s candidate to win as he is from my
\nconstituency but it is not feasible as this is a man that lost his local
\ngovernment during the last election.<\/p>\n
The Bayelsa-born activist also commended and congratulated Timi Alaibe
\nfor his statemanship, adding that Alaibe has shown to be “a true leader
\nbut for those that collaborated and stole the happiness and joy of
\nBayelsans by manipulating the primaries, should beg for God’s
\nforgiveness otherwise posterity will judge them for making Bayelsans go
\nthrough such pain.”<\/p>\n
Frank urged Alaibe’s supporters to remain calm, believing that a
\ndirection of whom to vote at the November 16th governorship election
\nwill soon be revealed.<\/p>\n
“The PDP knows very well that the APC is desperate to win any of the
\nSouth-south states, yet they decided to field a weak candidate, thereby
\ngiving APC the victory through the back-door. The result of the election
\nwill serve as a lesson for PDP to learn to present a stronger candidate
\nthe next time.<\/p>\n
“Instead of PDP to prepare to win more states, they are going to lose
\nmore if they continue this way due to selfish reasons. I know that truth
\nis bitter but I will always stand by the truth,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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