Former Bayelsa State Governor and Senator representing Bayelsa West, Henry Seriake Dickson, says there is no political crisis in the state following the death of Deputy Governor Lawrence Ewrudjakpo, dismissing claims that the late deputy governor had become a rallying point for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He stated this yesterday during a live press conference at his residence in Toru-Orua, Sagbama Local Government Area of the state.
Dickson addressed concerns about the future of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa, especially claims that the late Ewrudjakpo had become a rallying point for party members after refusing to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He dismissed the idea and said steps were taken to avoid political conflict inside Government House.
He said he warned against turning Government House into a party meeting ground and stressed that the late deputy governor respected that understanding.
He said. “What I told Ilawrency when he took that decision not to go with his boss, I told him not to play any active or do PDP activities in government house and so on. I said don’t do that. I have told you to go with them, you said you don’t want to because of your principle and conscience.
“I respect that but don’t, in that office that I built and you supervised; where the governor is in one wing, you the deputy governor in one wing. I don’t want a situation where you are calling party meetings, I said don’t do that and he agreed with me.”
The former governor described himself as a stabilizing force who has chosen to stay calm and quiet in order to protect the state from crisis, even when provoked by political actors.
