The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chapter in Bayelsa State says there is no faction in the party in the stat.
PDP spokesman in the state, Ebiye Ogoli, who made the clarification on Saturday, explained that the party is united and is unaware of the existence of any faction.
It would be recalled that while reacting to the sacking of some political aides by Governor Douye Diri, for attending a rally organized for the FCT minister, Nyensom Wike, a faction of the party in the state in a statement by its spokeperson, Derri Wright, condemned the sacking of the political aides.
But Ogoli, in a swift reaction has clarified that Wright’s group is not a faction of the PDP in the state, but supporters of Wike.
He averred that the PDP in Bayelsa State has no faction and all the state executives and members take directives from Gov. Diri, who is the leader of the party in the state.
He said: “Frankly, in Bayelsa State, l want to put the records straight that the PDP has only one state executive committee, and one single state working committee.
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“To make the particular matter clear, we have 14 executive committee working members at the state level.
“We equally have 25 assistant working committee members. We have eight local government chairmen and 17 of their members spread across the eight local government areas. So, we have about 100 of them.
“Then at the ward level, we have about 105 wards and each of them is made up of 17 members. So, all of these people, about 2,000 in total are safe and well, working together as a group.
“We don’t have any other faction. Wike does not have any faction of PDP in Bayelsa State. Perhaps, he may have supporters which is common with political leaders.
“But, when it comes to PDP, our party has from the state to the ward level, every of our members, one single political leader, our governor, that we all follow and take directives from.
“So, to the best of my knowledge, l don’t know where the splinter group is coming from. PDP has just one indivisible family, just one . The executives too is one single executives.”
