The Peoples Democratic party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has been urged to choose former governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, as his running mate in the coming presidential election.
The call came from a former freedom fighter in the Niger Delta region, Prince Layefa Tiokumoh.
He advised Atiku to consider Dickson if Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State does not want to accept the vice presidential slot.
The former second in command to Asari Dokubo, said that Dickson has the energy, the tenacity and the spread to gather all the Ijaws and the Niger Delta people together.
Three lions of Niger Delta who spoke to journalists on Monday in Yenagoa said that Dickson was the only man that gathered the ex -agitators together and they listened to him.
Three lions, who is the founder of three lion’s foundation from Arogbo in Ondo State, maintained that Dickson has uniting force adding that he can call on all to support him.
Tiokumoh said “If PDP takes Dickson as vice president the party will win the 2023 presidential election. If they pick Dickson, that popularity will make PDP win because he has the capacity to go round all the states in Nigeria. He is a young man and is capable of working with Atiku and make people that hate Atiku to come back to PDP and work.
”Dickson is a very capable person that can develop the Niger Delta. He has integrity. He has the mind to develop the Niger Delta. He has the Ijaw struggle at heart.
“Although Wike has the chance to take it because he came second in the primaries, if he refuses to take the position, let PDP in the South give it to Dickson. He can deliver the region for Atiku and bring development to even the East and everywhere.
“In the Niger Delta region, we don’t want Okowa. If Wike doesn’t take it, let Dickson take it. He can bring peace in our territory between the Ijaws and the Igbos.
“Dickson is intelligent enough to do that. He was a police officer and a lawyer and in the national assembly before he became governor. He has a lot of experience. He has a relationship with Yoruba from Ondo state so he can manage the two tribes and other tribes.
“We still have some problems in the Niger Delta. There are still oil looters and some camps but if Dickson becomes vice president, all those problems will be solved. Even though the militant leaders are everywhere, they will support him to bring peace in the Niger Delta.
“He can bring all the militant leaders together and bring peace to the Niger Delta because he knows them. He knows their community. He knows everybody.