Supporters of First Lady Patience Jonathan in Bayelsa State are weighing the option of impeaching Governor Seriake Dickson before the May 29 handover date.

The governor and Mrs . Jonathan’s supporters are locked in a bitter rivalry, which prompted her camp to sponsor candidates on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance ( APGA) against those of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state in the last elections .

Their original plan was to field from their rank a candidate against Seriake in next year’s governorship election in the state but with President Goodluck Jonathan leaving office on
May 29 after his defeat in the April 11 poll , the Patience Jonathan camp feels there is no point waiting for the governor’s current tenure to expire next year before sacking him .

In the camp are Abuja - based politicians from the state, two serving senators, aggrieved members of the state House of Assembly and a faction of the state’ s leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) .

It was gathered yesterday that they have been holding meeting upon meeting to perfect their Seriake -must -go campaign .

Sources close to the group said that the Jonathan’ s defeat initially slowed down the campaign but has been revved up in the last few days . Some of the governors allegedly recruited by First Lady’s camp to move against Dickson were said to have backed down following Jonathan’ s defeat.

It was at that point the group decided to make use of as many members of the State Assembly as possible in actualising the plot .

But they have to contend with Speaker of the House, Kombowei Benson , who is said to enjoy a good rapport with the governor .

A pressure group , Niger Delta Solidarity Front ( NDSF) , claimed last week that 1000 thugs had been recruited to take to Yenagoa streets demanding Seriake’ s ouster .

But the general secretary of the group , Mr. Nelson Ebebi ,has vowed that the plan will fail . The NDSF , he said , would “mobilise its members across the entire region and resist any
planned street protests in Bayelsa State .”