Yenagoa—Dr. Kolawole Oredipe, Director of New Media to the Bayelsa State governor has reacted to a report circulating online insinuating a rift in the relationship between Governor Douye Diri and his immediate past predecessor and leader, Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, denying any rift between the two politicians.
Oredipe in a statement on Monday noted that the reports which he said are orchestrated by one Christopher Orukeme is the handiwork of political jobbers “doing the bidding of an opposition political party and his desperate sponsors.”
He maintained that Diri and Dickson enjoy a cordial relationship, adding that the cooperation between the two leaders portends great danger to the opposition in the state going into the November 11 governorship election.
While he also called out a Yenagoa-based radio station for publicizing what he tagged as “concocted content promoting hatred,” Oredipe urged Bayelsans to disregard such reports whose aim is to create disaffection where there is none.
The statement read in part, “This fresh attempt to create imaginary disaffection between two prominent Bayelsa PDP leaders will fail like other previous efforts.
“The faceless author of the report claimed, albeit falsely, that social media aides of the two leaders were engaged in an imaginary media war.
“It is indeed devilish for anyone to be promoting hatred between Governor Diri and Senator Dickson.
“The truth remains that the two leaders enjoy a great relationship. It is, therefore, evident that the opposition in the state, which is still bruised after the shellacking they got in the recent general election, is uncomfortable with this chummy relationship.
“They equally know that the coherence and teamwork of the two leaders spell further political doom for them in the coming governorship election.
“Significantly, Governor Diri has repeatedly acknowledged the unflinching support of Senator Dickson for his administration and has no reason whatsoever to engage in any political war with him contrary to the mischievous claims of the sponsors of hatred and division.
“It is even more embarrassing that a radio station in Yenagoa aired such concocted content promoting hatred during its news bulletin against the broadcast principles enunciated by the National Broadcast Commission (NBC).
“For the umpteenth time, we urge all Bayelsans and the public in general to disregard such reports, which objective is to create an impression of disaffection where there was none. Governor Diri and Distinguished Senator Dickson’s relationship remains robust and cordial.”
