A statement by His Media Advisor, Mr. FIdelis Soriwei, quoted him as having made the comment while receiving the Exemplary Leadership Award from the leadership of the Central Zone of the Ijaw Youth Council led by its Chairman, Comrade Kennedy Olorogun, in Abuja, yesterday. Dickson explained that he took the deliberate decision to back Diri for governor because of his conviction that the governor who was the Pioneer National Organising Secretary of the Ijaw National Congress has the critical understanding of the challenges of the Ijaw struggle within the Nigerian federation.
“Now by the special intervention of God through the judiciary, Bayelsa is now in safe hands and I want to urge all of you to join hands with the governor who himself understands the challenges of the struggle. And that’s one of the overriding considerations I had in my mind when I supported Diri, against all odds.
