The spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in
Bayelsa State, Ebiye Ogoli, has dismissed reports of the existence of factions
of the party in the state.
Ogoli described the reports that the state governor,
Senator Douye Diri, has sacked some political aides for attending a rally
organised for the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, creating a faction in the party,
as false.
Recall that an alleged faction of the party in the
state, in a statement by its spokesperson, Derri Wright, condemned the sack of
the political aides.
But Ogoli, in a swift reaction, has clarified that the
acclaimed factional group was not a factional PDP in the state, but rather
supporters of Wike.
He averred that Bayelsa state PDP has no faction and
that all the state executive members take directives from the governor, who is
the leader of the party in the state.
Ogoli said, “Frankly, in Bayelsa state, I want to put
the records straight that PDP has only one state exco committee (SEC) , and one
single state working committee (SWC).
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“To make the particular matter clear, we have 14
committee working members at the state level. We equally have 25 assistant
working committee members.
“We have 8 local government chairmen and 17 of their
members spread across the 8 local government areas. So we have about 100 of
them.
“Then at the ward level, we have about 105 wards, and
each of them is made up of 17 members. So all of these people, about 2000 in
tota,l are safe and well, working together as a group.
“We don’t have any other faction. Wike does not have
any faction of the PDP in Bayelsa state. Perhaps, he may have supporters, which
is common with political leaders.
“But when it comes to PDP, our party has, from the
state to the ward level, each of our members, one single political leader, our
governor, that we all follow and take directives from.
“So to the best of my knowledge l don’t know where the
splinter group is coming from. PDP has just one indivisible family, just one.
The excos, too, are one single exco
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