Governor Dickson of Bayelsa State was at Oghara in Delta State, to hold a private closed-door discussion with the former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori.
A Government House statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Daniel Iworiso Markson says, the meeting centred mostly on peace and security in the Niger Delta, as well as possible roles the former Delta State governor, who still commands a lot of respect among his people, could play, especially in the area of rallying major stakeholders towards tackling some of the peace, security, unity and development challenges in the region.
The statement further disclosed that, the two leaders equally discussed likely windows of opportunities for criminally minded youths in the region to be more meaningfully engaged as well as protect some of the critical national assets of the country within the region.
The Bayelsa State governor, who had earlier spoken with his Delta State counterpart, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, expressed satisfaction with the disposition and resolve of the former Governor to support current measures at tackling the age long security and developmental challenges in the region.
Hon. Dickson was accompanied on the visit by Secretary to the State government, Chief David Serena Dokubo-Spiff, some members of the State Executive Council, including the Commissioner of Information and Orientation, Hon. Jonathan Obuebite, Special Advisers, traditional rulers and other relevant stakeholders.
Political observers also hinted that Dickson who is the chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee may have discussed the possibility of Ibori contributing to the peace process in the party.
Ibori, who had ruled Delta State for eight years before his political down turn leading to his imprisonment in Britain was a power broker in PDP.
It is not known whether Ibori accepted the proposals put forward to him by Dickson who regarded his visit as entirely personal.
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