We’ll Dislodge PDP in Bayelsa, APC House of Assembly Aspirant Boasts

Rumson Baribote, an All Progressives Congress (APC) House of
Assembly aspirant in Bayelsa, has boasted that the party would
dislodge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state in the
2019 general election.

Baribote, who is contesting for the Nembe 1 Constituency seat in
the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday on telephone that serious mobilisation was
on to achieve the party’s aim.

According to Baribote, being the party agent of Nembe Local
Government Area ward 8 in the 2015 governorship election in the
state has equipped him for the House of Assembly primary election
scheduled for Oct. 2.

“I have been in APC since 2015 and we have been strategising for
the 2019 election ever since I was appointed Nembe Ward 8 party
agent,” he said.

Baribote, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL)
and proprietor of Nembe City football club, assured the people of
quality representation if he emerged the party’s flag bearer for
the election.

He solicited for the support of party elders, noting that APC
had become a household name in the state compared to 2014 when it
was newly registered.

“It’s about what you have given to your people and them ready to
give you their votes. I am hopeful of emerging from the primary
election and going ahead to win the seat.

“Sports will thrive under my leadership; even before going to
the House, we have tried to use football to project Nembe by way of
Nembe City FC.

“Going there, I will focus on constituency projects and one of
them will be to bring out the youth in the area to harness their
talents to curb youth restiveness.

“We want to use sports as a tool to achieve this. This race is
about what individuals can do and not about PDP being the ruling
party in the state; it’s about credibility,” Baribote said.

Rumson Baribote, an All Progressives Congress (APC) House of
Assembly aspirant in Bayelsa, has boasted that the party would
dislodge the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state in the
2019 general election.

Baribote, who is contesting for the Nembe 1 Constituency seat in
the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday on telephone that serious mobilisation was
on to achieve the party’s aim.

According to Baribote, being the party agent of Nembe Local
Government Area ward 8 in the 2015 governorship election in the
state has equipped him for the House of Assembly primary election
scheduled for Oct. 2.

“I have been in APC since 2015 and we have been strategising for
the 2019 election ever since I was appointed Nembe Ward 8 party
agent,” he said.

Baribote, a former Chairman of the Nigeria Premier League (NPL)
and proprietor of Nembe City football club, assured the people of
quality representation if he emerged the party’s flag bearer for
the election.

He solicited for the support of party elders, noting that APC
had become a household name in the state compared to 2014 when it
was newly registered.

“It’s about what you have given to your people and them ready to
give you their votes. I am hopeful of emerging from the primary
election and going ahead to win the seat.

“Sports will thrive under my leadership; even before going to
the House, we have tried to use football to project Nembe by way of
Nembe City FC.

“Going there, I will focus on constituency projects and one of
them will be to bring out the youth in the area to harness their
talents to curb youth restiveness.

“We want to use sports as a tool to achieve this. This race is
about what individuals can do and not about PDP being the ruling
party in the state; it’s about credibility,” Baribote said.