Ahead of the senatorial bye-election in Bayelsa West senatorial district, a political group under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress Grassroots Mobilisation Sagbama/ Ekeremor (APCGS/E), has distanced itself from the candidature of Peremobowei Ebebi as the party’s candidate.
Chatting with journalists in Yenagoa, the spokesperson for the group, Hitler Moses stated on behalf of the group that though it is not supporting any candidate, it would never support Ebebi.
They group stated that its position is due to the zoning arrangement that had been on ground since 1999 and noted that if the group should support him, it will distort the zoning arrangement which has been duly followed over the years.
Moses said the decision of the Minister of state for Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, to single handedly select the candidate was an error.
He said: “Today, to our greatest displeasure, against the zoning arrangement that has been in place for many years, Sylva single handedly wants to destroy it.”