By Samuel Oyadongha

YENAGOA—FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday stormed Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, to consult with Governor Seriake Dickson and the enlarged members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state, calling on them to support his presidential ambition to better the lives of Nigerians

VISIT—Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson (right) exchanging pleasantries with the former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (left) during a visit to Government House Yenagoa, while the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (centre) looks on. Photo: Lucky Francis.

The former vice president arrived the Bayelsa Government House in company of the former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniels, the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Elder Godspower Orubebe, and immediately went into a closed-door meeting with Governor Dickson.

The meeting lasted a few hours.

Both Atiku and Dickson later addressed an enlarged team of state political appointees, PDP Chairmen and elders, Speaker and State Assembly members and the media.

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, said among others, that though he had followed the advocacy of the governor on the issue of restructuring, “I agree with you and to let you know that I have been advocating the issue of restructuring since 2004.  I want to invite you to join me to work together with me ahead of 2019 so that we can do it together.”

The former vice president later presented a book written by him on the need for proper restructuring to Dickson.

In his remark, Dickson, who described Atiku Abubakar as a veteran in politics, noted that the 2019 presidential election would be a referendum through which the Nigerian voters would decide who governs them.

He called on PDP members nationwide to rise up to the challenge of taking power from the incumbent government.