Bayelsa APC Stakeholders Declare Support For Lyon As Governorship Primary Election Set To Hold

Stakeholders of the 105 Wards in the Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have thrown their weight behind governorship ambition of Chief David Lyon; former Governor-Elect in the November 2019 Governorship Election in the state, who served as the Deputy Director of Contact and Mobilization Directorate, South- South of the APC Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC).

The stakeholders said in a communique issued after a meeting on Tuesday April 11, 2023, that they have decided to support and endorse H.E. David Lyon, the former governor-elect of Bayelsa State, in the next party primary in the state.

They said in a communique issued after the meeting and signed by the Convener, Chief Hon. Kemebradikumo Owei Theo,
that David Lyon has demonstrated his ability to win elections.

According to them; “He is known to have defeated the current Governor in the most recent election. H.E. David Lyon would have taken the oath of office as the Governor of Bayelsa State had it not been for judicial intervention, which short-circuited his victory due to the disqualification of his then Deputy Governor-elect.

“Therefore, in our opinion, H.E. David Lyon ought to be granted the first option to fly the flag of our great party APC.”

It was added that the decision was taken at Yenagoa the headquarters of Bayelsa State, and that during the meeting a “vote of confidence was also passed on Chief David Lyon as a credible and transparent aspirant that can fly the party ticket and secure victory at the general elections in the state come November 2023 and to be sworn-in as the Executive Governor of Bayelsa State February 14, 2024.”

“More so, Bayelsans are fully aware of what transpired on the February.13, 2020. The presence of the Presidential Protocol team of President Muhammadu Buhari was already on the ground, and while His Excellency Chief David Lyon, former Governor-Elect, was carrying out rehearsal at the Samson Siasia Stadium, the news broke that the victory of the All Progressives Congress APC had been truncated at the Supreme Court.

“In all the Candidates, Chief David Lyon stands the Chances of winning at the general elections if considered as the flag bearer of our great party the All Progressives Congress APC.

“We therefore call on critical Stakeholders, Leadership of our great party at the State and National Level to reconsider His Excellency Chief David Lyon as the best option to fly the party flag, with him we can restore our stolen mandate from the opposition in the State,” the communique read.

-Dauseighe Bowei