Bayelsa council stakeholders seek replacement of Gov Diri at Senate

Frontline political stakeholders from the Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area (KOLGA) of Bayelsa State have called for the replacement of Governor Douye Diri with a person from their council area at the Senate.

It will be recalled that following Senator Diri’s emergence as the governor of Bayelsa State, his seat at the Senate has remain vacant.

Diri represented Bayelsa Central senatorial district at the National Assembly.

The stakeholders, who are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and described themselves as the Voice of KOLGA, are asking other local governments in the senatorial district to allow KOLGA produce Diri’s replacement.

According to the spokesman for the Voice of KOLGA, Mr Kelvin Ingbaifegha, the Local Government was entitled to finish Diri’s tenure at the National Assembly.

Ingbaifegha told newsmen after the group’s meeting in Kaiama, that “In 2015, Sagbama LGA produced Senator Foster Ogola and the then governor, Seriake Dickson.

“It was no doubt Sagbama’s turn to produce a senator, regardless that they had a governor because Ekeremor LGA had just finished its eight years at the Senate through Senator Heineken Lokpobiri.”

He added that Diri was the senator KOLGA was to produce, hence, the council area must be allowed to finish his tenure at the Senate.