With zoning as an issue ahead of the November 16 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, the former director-general of Seriake Dickson Governorship Campaign Organisation, Fred Agbedi, has dismissed zoning as a veritable principle.
Agbedi, one of the leading contenders for Dickson’s seat, made the statement when he led members of his Onward Restoration and Transformation Campaign Organisation to the Federated Correspondents Chapel (FCC) secretariat in Yenagoa.
The House of Representatives member for Sagbama/Ekeremor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant described politicians who wanted the next governorship position to be zoned to Bayelsa Central as ignorant.
According to him, there was never a time elder, politicians and other stakeholders sat to decide zoning or power rotation in the state. Read more