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By Bassey Willie, Yenagoa


The organizers of the rally in of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, have dared Governor Douye Diri of Bayelsa State, vowing to go ahead with the rally that the number one citizen in Bayelsa kicked against.

During a meeting with Bayelsa Elders and Security agencies, on Wednesday, the governor had raised concerns that the rally could trigger violence.

He alerted security agencies and stakeholders not to encourage anything that could lead to the breakdown of law and order in the state.

But reacting in a statement which his Media Assistant, Kelvin Loveday-Egbo, issued on his behalf, George Turnah, the South South Zonal Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who is the lead promoter of the rally, said arrangements for the programme were in top gear.

Expressing shock over the governor’s comment, Turnah said ethnicity has no place in politics, adding that the rights to freedom of association and peaceful assembly is constitutional.

He said the rally is planned in solidarity with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the FCT Minister.

Turnah also dispelled the governor’s notion that he was collaborating with a former governor to create instability in the state.

Turnah stated that he has no intention of politically destabilizing Bayelsa or any other state, but he leads a grassroots political movement called New Associates aimed at mobilizing for President Tinubu’s istration in the South South Zone, devoid of ulterior motives.

In a promo flyer obtained by Daily Trust in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, the promoters of the rally listed the eminent Nigerians to attend the rally to include Wike, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Samuel Ogbuku, among others.

He said: “The organization is set to officially launch in Bayelsa on April 12, 2025, and the arrangements are in top gear to ensure a hitch-free outing, including formal notifications to relevant security organizations in the state as required by law.

Turnah reminded Governor Diri that the Ogbia leaders and elders he asked to call him to order were the same leaders who, in 2019, requested him not to the governor’s ambition at the time, a request he ignored.

“I am not only a member of the PDP but also a serving Zonal Secretary of the Party in the South South, I wonder which other office the Governor was accusing me of occupying if I am not a member of the PDP.”

Expressing concern over the governor’s anger regarding his personal choice of political association with Wike, Turnah noted his constitutional right to freedom of association.

He reminded the governor that this is not the first time he had made personal political choices.

While acknowledging that the current disagreement within the PDP in the state are a family affair, Turnah assured that the issues would be resolved in no time.

He commended the Governor on his many achievements and pledged his continued for the prosperity istration led by Governor Diri.

He also called on the teeming youths, women, political class across Party lines and divides as well as all lovers of the President to come out en masse and show their appreciation to President Tinubu and Wike for their special love for Bayelsa and Ijaw nation.

https://dailytrust.com/wikes-ers-dare-bayelsa-gov-vow-to-go-ahead-with-rally/

Bayelsa is the headquarters of Ijaw Nation. Wike be warned

Islie:




https://dailytrust.com/wikes-ers-dare-bayelsa-gov-vow-to-go-ahead-with-rally/

Nlfpmod

security operatives in bayelsa state should deal with this clueless senseless people that want violence by every means in bayelsa state. Wike did his worst in rivers State when he was the governor and nothing happens. Exercising his powers while he was fct minister will only boomerang here

If Wike’s rally is all about ing progress, why not let them peacefully show their ?

Turnah, you are not Zonal Secretary anymore....rest nah.

Anyways, Tombia is 10mins away from Govt House, na you sabi.

George turnah wey Goodluck make billionaire want fight seating gov

mohbadliveson:
Bayelsa is the headquarters of Ijaw Nation. Wike be warned

And so fcking what?

The question right now is, where is Wike?

Wike promised to cause trouble in states where the Governors are against him. One of such states is Bayelsa. The other is Bauchi.

One day, very soon, he will be out of power like many others before him.

Wike is already a dying man. He is doing all this nonsense to remain relevant in the game. His end is very near.

Hmmm

You wan go person house the person say make you no come but you still want do strong head go there.

Oya make una go there, anything wey una see make una take am like that!

Trouble dey sleep , iyanga dey disturb am

Islie:



https://dailytrust.com/wikes-ers-dare-bayelsa-gov-vow-to-go-ahead-with-rally/

Listen, you cannot do that.

Plank and bamboo beatings go surplus, Jokers

The kind beating dem go chop for that rally.
Na Wike go visit them for hospital

If I be that governor en.. I no go talk Wetin for befall them on the rally ground

What's that

Mitsurugi:
The question right now is, where is Wike?

Sipping ogogoro in peace

Wike should be in Abuja not in.by to cause crisis and boasting with some charlatans hailing him

The money he wike paid you will soon finish....
But bear in wike cannot be president!!!! The North will not agree

The governor is playing politics of bitterness

Which wike?, the one that is fighting for his dear life

Rally for person wey dem neva know if e go wake up from him fainting😁

South south PDP want to hold mega rally for president TINUBU

I hope Tinubu and NSA Ribadu can see what is brewing in Bayelsa.

Mr I have money and power (Wike) is starting another war in Bayelsa.

When the place blows up.......They will come out and started acting surprised.

Kobicove:
You wan go person house the person say make you no come but you still want do strong head go there.

Oya make una go there, anything wey una see make una take am like that!

That person house no be Nigerian territory? That him house be his private home or state government house? Imagine a governor telling the serving minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria not to step a particular side of the country! What an audacious statement?

Bayelsa governor is just a clown playing to the gallery. As long as they're still freedom of movement and association enshrined on our constitution, he doesn't have the power to ban anyone,talk less of a Federal minister.

South south people are always ever ready to be used as willing tools to destabilise their own states because of the peanuts to receive from criminals who are only targeting their resources.

id4sho:

Sipping ogogoro in peace

50 years Schnapps 😂😂😂😂