A Niger Delta ex-agitator and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Sir Bobo Tonye has rallied support from members of the party for Chief David Lyon, one of the aspirants vying for the Bayelsa State governorship seat under the APC.
Bobo, who is from Akassa in Brass Local Government Area of the state, made the call in a statement issued to journalists on Friday.
According to him, going into the November 11 governorship election, the APC has a strong battle ahead of it, hence needs an “outstanding candidate” to be the party’s flagbearer to win the PDP.
Bobo opined that it will be suicidal of the party to field an “unsellable candidate” for the guber election.
He went further to mention Lyon as the best amongst the aspirants that have been successfully screened by the APC ahead of its primary which is scheduled to hold on the 14th of April 2023.
In his argument, Lyon who was also the standard flagbearer of the APC in the 2019 Bayelsa state governorship election is the best man to lead the party to victory and ultimately Bayelsa to economic prosperity in unity.
The statement reads in part:
“It will be suicidal for us to have an unsellable governorship candidate. I mean a governor who will go to the village with the notion that it was his people that were instrumental to his emergence.
“We need a governorship candidate who is committed to unifying and developing our dear state. Someone who will carry all Bayelsans along irrespective of political affiliations.
“To me, amongst all the governorship aspirants who have been cleared by our party to contest, I see David Lyon as the best candidate to fly with the party ticket, because Bayelsans still have him at heart.
“Most Bayelsans home and in the diaspora are aware of the resources available to the state and are fed up with the current situation. They rightly feel that he should be the torchbearer to lead our people into the realms of greater economic prosperity. And he is ready for that.
“David Lyon’s participation in the governorship race is, therefore, driven by a desire to render service to the good people of Bayelsa State. It is a compelling and inspiring call to service.”
