I Forced Dickson To Join PDP, No Rift Between Us – Jonathon

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed notions of bad blood between himself and Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State.

Jonathan said there is no rift between him and Dickson, contrary to wide perceptions that they were both at loggerheads.

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The refutation by Jonathan was disclosed in a statement by Governor Dickson’s Chief Press Secretary, Francis Agbo.

The governor had paid Jonathan a condolence visit in his Otuoke home over the demise of the Paramount Ruler of Otuoke Community, King Lot Justin Ogiasa.

The ex-president said, “Let me on behalf of the community thank you for making the visit, because of the relationship we have.

“You wanted to come immediately, but said it would be a waste of time for the governor to come when the date for the burial had not been announced.

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“For me, politics is a very useless business; when I see the kind of things people write about me on the social media, I just laugh.

“For Bayelsa State, I feel sad because we are not many and we are not heterogeneous. It is a state that we also know ourselves.

“I have no reasons to say that I am competing with the governor; by the grace of God, I became Deputy Governor, and later on Governor of Bayelsa and President of Nigeria.

“There is no way I can sit anywhere and plan evil against Bayelsa or the governor.

“When I was dreaming of becoming a governor, Dickson was amongst the very few in the meetings we were holding. Though; he was not in PDP then, but he opted to help.

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“He said he didn’t want to be in the PDP, but I virtually forced him to join PDP.

“When I became governor, I appointed Dickson the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General and that was how he joined PDP, and later became a member of House of Representatives and so on.

“There is no way I will break my relationship with the governor,” said Jonathan.

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