Former President Goodluck Jonathan has refuted reports that claimed that he was working for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State.
The reports recently stated that that the Jonathan might be working against the interest of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State.
It was learnt that Jonathan met with some governors elected on the platform of the PDP at his Abuja home last Friday, October 26, dismissed the speculation.
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A source close to the meeting informed journalists in Abuja yesterday that Jonathan was said to have wondered how he would be working for the APC when he remained a frontline stakeholder and one of the fathers of the PDP.
The source further confided that it was impressed on the former President the need to support the PDP candidate regardless of whatever differences existed between him and Governor Dickson.
“We made it clear to him that his name and influence is at stake and that he should do everything necessary by supporting Diri to become victorious in the November 16 elections.
“At the end, he said that as an elder and party leader that he has no personal grievances against Diri or Governor Dickson.
“That he is having problems was the brain child of some politicians who want to cash in on his humility and political lifestyle.”
Jonathan was reported to have assured the visitors of his commitment to the PDP project in Bayelsa and that he would get actively involved in the campaign to ensure the party’s victory at the November 16 election.
Meanwhile, The Herald earlier reported that some members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa state have defected to All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the coming governorship elections in the state.
Robert Enogha and Claudius Enegesi who are reported to kinsmen of Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, are two of the new defectors.