Why Bayelsa Governor Suspends Board Chairman, Adolphus Ofongo
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa state governor , Senator Douye Diri has suspended a Board chairman Hon Adolphus Ofongo whose statutory tenure would end in 2021 indefinitely.
According to an impeccable source, the Board chairman though a People Democratic Party chieftain , but was allegedly involved in anti – party politics and clandestinely worked for the APC former governor elect, Chief David Lyon and this was discovered by the former governor, Seriake Dickson, but due to his close relationship with him kept him in office and refused to treat his files till he exited office.
Also the said chairman had been dabbling into union politics as he had created factions which the national body of the union vehemently opposed and warned him to desist from forthwith and he refused to heed to warnings and that for two months running this crisis has led to a halt in collection of check – off dues which has caused adverse and untold effects on the union.
He has also concluded plans to install a staff of the Board who is loyal to him and ready to do his biddings , which is an aberration in the union.The Board staff has already started exuding the confidence of the union chairman despite letters from the National Headquarters of the union, Abuja due to the backing and protection provided by the suspended chairman of the Board.
Hence, when Governor Douye Diri resumed duty as a miraculous governor and was briefed decided to use the sledge hammer on the Board chairman, by suspending him indefinitely as he could no longer tolerate him, even though during his inaugural speech he has extended his olive branch to all the PDP members who defected to the All Progressive Congress and noted to have worked for the truncated success of the APC which the Supreme Court later decided in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party.
However when our correspondent sought confirmation of the story from the embattled suspended Board Chairman who hails from Southern Ijaw Local Government Area he concord that he was actually suspended , but was not ready to respond or defend whatever led to his suspension by governor Douye Diri.
He further told our correspondent, “am not ready to speak now.At the appropriate time l will talk, am not ready to talk and you can’t box me to talk at about 4.50pm, ” he thundered.
Recalled that during the 2019 governorship election most PDP members especially from Southern Ijaw Local government area worked underground for the emergence of chief David Lyon whose philanthropy and generosity was his selling point as , majority of them who had either personally or collectively benefitted from his surveillance contracts allegedly entered agreement him to deliver their son , hence most of the members of the House of Assembly from the four constituencies in Southern Ijaw were unable to deliver their wards even the former Speaker Rt Hon Friday Konbowei Benson lost woefully in his ambition for the Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency of the Federal House of Representatives to Hon Preye Oseke.
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on Mar 5 2020. Filed under National.
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