‘Dickson, First Lady’s feud splits Bayelsa PDP’


The ambition of Dame Patience, wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, to kick Governor Seriake Dickson out of the Government House in Bayelsa State has clearly divided the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

It was observed on Tuesday that the party which hitherto paraded itself as a close-knit family had now split into two – Dickson’s and First Lady’s camps.

The two camps are said to be separate and distinct as they try not to be found together in social and political gatherings.

Persons found to be associating with Patience loyalists are viewed as haters of Dickson and vice versa.

The Nation gathered that while the camp of Patience is wooing more loyalists of the governor to identify with its plot, the think-tank in Dickson’s camp is wary of the first lady’s moles.
It was gathered that Dickson’s haters are President Jonathan’s loyalists from the Presidency and other Abuja-based politicians who are mainly members of the National Assembly from the state.

First Lady’s bloc was said to have more disciples following the outcome of the just-concluded PDP primaries in the state.

Party members who lost out of the contest have reportedly moved en masse to the anti-Dickson’s camp to ventilate their grievances.

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