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Nigeria - According to a report from Vanguard, wife of former president, Patience Jonathan and some ally of her husband have changed camp, declaring support for APC for the forthcoming Bayelsa state elections.
In a bid to stop the re-election of Governor Seriake Dickson by mobilizing support for Chief Timipre Sylva, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the January 9 poll.
The reports say that Mrs. Jonathan had brokered a peace meeting between Sylva and a former militant leader, Ateke Tom. The meeting was said to have been held behind closed doors on new year’s day in the Port Harcourt palatial home of Tom where Jonathan allegedly persuaded the militant leader to “come to Southern Ijaw and help Sylva.” Aside the former first lady, key political associates of Jonathan, it was learnt, have renewed their resolve to gang-up against Dickson on January 9.
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In a bid to stop the re-election of Governor Seriake Dickson by mobilizing support for Chief Timipre Sylva, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the January 9 poll.
The reports say that Mrs. Jonathan had brokered a peace meeting between Sylva and a former militant leader, Ateke Tom. The meeting was said to have been held behind closed doors on new year’s day in the Port Harcourt palatial home of Tom where Jonathan allegedly persuaded the militant leader to “come to Southern Ijaw and help Sylva.” Aside the former first lady, key political associates of Jonathan, it was learnt, have renewed their resolve to gang-up against Dickson on January 9.
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