The national leadership of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State
and Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State to “sheathe their swords”.
The two governors over the
weekend engaged in a verbal war over ownership of the Soku oil wells, which
were being held by Bayelsa state until a court, in a ruling last week, declared
Rivers state as the rightful owner of the wells.
Dickson had on Sunday accused his Rivers State counterpart of promoting “wicked
clandestine ethnic supremacist agenda” in the politics of Rivers.
According to the outgoing
Governor, Wike was using the disputed oil wells between the two states as a
subterfuge to create disunity and cover up his deliberate policy to
under-develop Ijaw communities.
But the PDP, in a statement on
Monday by its spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, called on the two governors to
allow the leadership of the party resolve the matter amicably.
PDP stressed that the arguments
between Wike and Dickson is ‘skin-deep and only borne out of their love and
zeal for their respective states.’
The statement said: “The national
leadership, having noted the issues, has activated the party’s internal
reconciliation mechanism to settle the matter amicably.
“The PDP recognises that the tone
of disagreements between the two respected governors was skin-deep and only
borne out of their love and zeal for their respective states.
“The PDP leadership hereby urges
both Governors Wike and Dickson, as eminent leaders and frontline stakeholders
in our party, to sheathe their swords while the leadership harmoniously
resolves the issue.
“We therefore assure all our
leaders, critical stakeholders, members and supporters of our great party,
particularly in Rivers and Bayelsa states, to remain calm and united, as the
issue is already being resolved.
“The PDP restates that it remains
one big indivisible family and will not allow anything to undermine its unity
and focus especially at this trying time in the history of our nation.”
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