The All Progressives Congress, APC, has stated reason for the suspension of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and David Lyon.
Also facing suspension alongside Lokpobiri and Lyon, are Bayelsa State Commissioner for Power Kharim Kumoko, and Commissioner for Lands and Survey Peres Biewari. Also on the suspension list are the former APC State Chairman, Jothan Amos, NEC ex-officio member Godbless Diriwari, and Southern Ijaw APC Youth Leader Sabi Morgan.
The suspension is coming after a disciplinary review by the party’s leadership in Bayelsa State.
Announcing the suspension in Yenagoa, the APC Chairman for Ekeremor Local Government Area, Mitin Eniekenemi Senator, accused Lokpobiri of leading factions and collaborating with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following his unsuccessful bid for the APC governorship ticket in 2019.
He claimed that Lokpobiri and his supporters actively backed Bayelsa Governor Douye Diri and the PDP in the 2023 election. They also received appointments and contracts as rewards from the PDP.
He said, “In the 2023 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, Lokpobiri led a group of disgruntled party members to openly support and work for Gov. Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party. And they were compensated by the PDP-led government of Bayelsa State.”
“His personal aide, Kharim Kumoko, was nominated by the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri and appointed as the current Commissioner for Power in Bayelsa State.
“It is on record that since the day he was appointed as minister, he has been fighting the party in Bayelsa State. And he has refused to make peace despite all entreaties,” he said.
In a related development, the APC Southern Ijaw LGA leadership, led by Ebikazi Gbefa, announced the suspension of David Lyon and seven others. He stated that they were undermining APC’s National Assembly candidates and conspired with the PDP in the 2023 governorship race.
Gbefa said “The same set of stakeholders and their supporters openly worked against our National Assembly candidates”
“They also worked for Diri and the PDP in the 2023 governorship election in Bayelsa State.
“Some of them were compensated with contracts and appointments. For example, Perepuighe Biewari who was Chief David Lyon’s Personal Assistant, was nominated by Chief David Lyon. And he appointed as the current Commissioner for Lands and Survey in the Gov. Douye Diri administration in Bayelsa State.”
source: Daily Post
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