Bayelsa Governor Dickson says PDP defectors are greedy and selfish

The Bayelsa State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, monday, criticised some leaders of the state chapter of the

Peoples DemocraticParty (PDP) who defected  last Saturday, describing them as greedy and selfish politicians.
Dickson who spoke in Abuja on the sideline of the National Security Summit 2015 organised by the Nigeria Police Force, said the defectors did so only for selfish reasons.
Former Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Nditimi Alaibe, PDP chairman in the state, Col. Sam Inokoba,
Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and others had last Saturday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC)
But Dickson while noting that it was their right to decamp, said for the records, it waS important that the public knew that theY decamped to the APC because each of them wants to be governor and the PDP platform is
not available. “So, they are going to the next alternative
and which in the case of the APC, is the party
that has control of the center and by so
doing, positioning themselves for federal
appointments, which the PDP and I are not in
a position to give to them.
“And they are hoping somehow that federal
might, by way of security and the
Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) manipulation, will see their eventual
flagbearer into the government house, which
is not going to be the case,” Dickson said.
While expressing optimism on winning the
election in the state, Dickson said his people
are of the view that his administration has
done well and on the election day, will troop
out en mass to vote for him and the PDP.
“I am sure. That is a PDP state and I have
done well. It is not me saying it, it is the
people of Bayelsa that are saying it. And they know them. So, let’s wait to see who their flagbearer will be against me.
“We know the antecedents of each and
everyone of them and we are confident that the people are not with them.”
That is what people say it is. Our people know what is going on and at the right time, they would put all of them to shame. Just watch out,” he said.