A former Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has responded to why he remained in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) despite the crisis rocking it, saying captains don’t bail out first when a ship runs into bad weather.
The representative of Bayelsa West Senatorial District gave the advice when he spoke on Sunday with newsmen in Abuja.
Dickson attributed the cause of what he called avoidable crisis in the PDP to failure of leadership.
He said the governors and former members of the National Working Committee (NWC) took strategic decisions without consulting other stakeholders or taking advice from them.
He said: “I am still in the PDP because I am faithful to the platform that has given both me and my people so much.
“But, quite frankly, the leaders of PDP have messed up completely.
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“And the governors have missed every opportunity to pursue and achieve a reasonable solution to save a historic brand like PDP.
“Maybe most of them think it’s their personal property, but the PDP is a national brand.
“It’s an integral part of the political history of this nation.
“That’s the kind of platform they are playing with.
“As you know, captains are not the first to bail out.
“Once there is a disaster, a true captain stays until all efforts to salvage it have failed.
“But I will take a decision….
“It seems PDP’s case is not giving one any hope.
“But we are still praying that even at the last minute, something good can happen.
“We still hope and pray that people will come to their senses.”
