PDP Sets Up Committee To Reconcile Aggrieved Members

Trouble surfaced within the Bayelsa State chapter
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Wednesday, as some aggrieved members renounced
a reconciliatory committee set up by the party to
assuage the anger of those that lost during the last
state and National Assembly primaries in the state,
by seeking tickets to run under the banner of All
Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) for the
coming elections.

The state working committee, led by its chairman,
Col. Sam Inokoba, had on Monday established a
panel chaired by traditional ruler of the Opume
kingdom, King A.J. Turner, to reconcile members
unhappy with the outcome of primaries in the state.
Other members of the panel were the former acting
Governor of the state, Chief Peremonowei Ebebi;
former political adviser, Chief Thompson Okorotie,
and former Speaker of the old Rivers State House
of Assembly, Talford Ongolo.
Despite the attempts, former President of the Ijaw
Youth Congress (IYC), Jonjon Oyeinfa, and a
former Commissioner in Bayelsa State, Zuwa
Konugah, rebuffed the panel. The two sought to
represent their various constituencies at the next
general election in the state on the platform of the
APGA.
Kodugah until recently was a commissioner for
State Capital Development under the
administration of incumbent governor of the state,
Hon. Seriake Dickson.
At the primaries of the party held at the Atlantic
Hotel in Yenegoa, yesterday, Oyenifa and Konugah
were adopted by APGA after passing party
requirements.
The State Chairman of APGA, Engr. John
Sokare, said the party will give their unwavering
support to the new flagbearers.
The chairman also reiterated that the party has
adopted President Goodluck Jonathan as their
flagbearer in the next election.