Patience Jonathan’s Men Move To Impeach Dickson Before May 29

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 .”