Letter of withdrawal from the Bayelsa East Senatorial Race

I thank God and the good people of Brass, Bayelsa East Senatorial District who offered me the golden opportunity four years ago to represent them and the state in the Senate, Nigeria’s highest lawmaking chamber.

It is without doubt that I have tried to discharge my duties as a legislator and representative of my people creditably to the best of my ability so far.

My voice has been very loud on the issues that matter to our people and our country at all time.

My support to our party, my people and state government is unquestionable. I am humbled that the national leadership of my party supported by the State chapter in appreciation of my efforts offered to support my reelection to the senate to continue my service.

I have also intensified consultations in the last couple of week in the course of which I have come to realize an existing local rotational arrangement of over 20 years beginning with the late Great Chief Melford Okilo, by which arrangement the Senatorial seat rotates per local government area among the three councils for four years in the Senatorial District.

Even with the support of my party at the National and state levels with the full backing of my state government and leadership, as a man of honour interested in the well being of my people, I hereby announce my withdrawal from the Senatorial race.

I do not want whatever reason to appear to have used my privileged
position and influence to do anything that other than the well-being and the stability and the good of the people.

I am in all of these for the people, not for my self.

Once again, I thank the former President, Dr. Goodluck Ebelo Jonathan, the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, my colleagues in the Senate and Governor of Bayelsa State, the Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson for their support and encouragement.

I also thank the leadership of my Senatorial District and state, for for being there for me.

I thank Specially the people of my constituency for their trust and confidence in me to serve and represent them in the Senate.
By trusting me with this mandate, I have come to know them and our people even better, an experience I will never forget for the rest of my life.

I am indeed grateful to My darling wife, my children, other members of my family for their support and prayers. I appreciate the efforts of my hardworking campaign staff for their support and dedication.

Again, I thank the leadership of the party for their continuing support. I also assured the party of my availability and readiness to serve at any capacity when the opportunity comes.


Best Regards


Senator Ben Murray Bruce

The race got tougher..... Maybe he couldn't cope with the ridiculous demand anymore



Or he doesn't wanna lost himself in politics....just there for the experience

All he needs to do is to relax till 2019 when we enter we knack am ministerial post


God bless PDP

cooldipo:
The race got tougher..... Maybe he couldn't cope with the ridiculous demand anymore

They do rotation policy in his constituency, don't talk if you don't know anything

Asshole...

Man of honour.

Very rear to see a Nigerian politician do this.

A wise man sure knows when to quit, unlike the Lifeless one.

Maybe he has been promised governorship. Nothing goes for nothing in Nigeria politics

cooldipo:
The race got tougher..... Maybe he couldn't cope with the ridiculous demand anymore



Or he doesn't wanna lost himself in politics....just there for the experience

You should rather see him as a man of integrity. He might have had the intention of going for a term after which he steps down for others to contest.

His constituents had earlier told him they won't support his reelection so this isn't surprising.


https://www.naija.ng/1162828-2019-constituents-reject-ben-bruces-election-entertainment-business.html

lalasticlala come and see oo

And The twitter senator bowed out..

#konisewu

Can Buhari do this

CROWNWEALTH019:
All he needs to do is to relax till 2019 when we enter we knack am ministerial post


God bless PDP

so this one is actually PDP

I now know where his problem with TINUBU comes from

that's what it should be, respect the tradition that was there before you, now that's a man of honour.

shebi buhari promised to do one tenure some time ago.

Highly commendable.

He might be taking a shot at the governorship...

Foreign Minister or Petroleum Minister in the next PDP Government

cooldipo:
The race got tougher..... Maybe he couldn't cope with the ridiculous demand anymore



Or he doesn't wanna lost himself in politics....just there for the experience

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Read you won't read. olodo rabata

For whatever reason he decided to quit, he has proved himself an honourable man. The person representing my constituency in the federal house, Nkeiruka Onyejiocha, has gone for 3 tenures now, having benefitted from the rotation system. Now she doesn't want another person to go. Having seen that PDP will not give her the ticket again because of her marginalization, she jumped into APC. Na thunder go fire all of them

That is good, keeping to agreement

The chicken has come home to roost. His people do not see his 'common sense'

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Omeokachie:
Man of honour.

Very rear to see a Nigerian politician do this.

Who be man of honour. Smokescreen

The only Senator that represents, Twitter Senatorial District.

How can i post video on nairaland.. not youtube oo from my phone

cooldipo:
The race got tougher..... Maybe he couldn't cope with the ridiculous demand anymore



Or he doesn't wanna lost himself in politics....just there for the experience

Please read first

This guy just go waste four years for his senatorial district.