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The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, said on Wednesday that he is not interested in being a running mate to ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar for the 2027 presidential election.
A statement by Diri’s Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, on Wednesday, said, “A faceless group, which sarcastically named itself Diri Angels, in a statement, had made the suggestion to Alhaji Abubakar.”
Atiku was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 presidential election, which he lost to President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress.
According to Alabrah’s statement, the Diri Angels met with Atiku and expressed hope that he would emerge as the PDP candidate again in 2027.
Alabrah, however, said, “Diri described the suggestion as a Greek gift from political jobbers and that it should be completely disregarded.”
According to him, the aim of the non-existent group was to cause disaffection in some quarters and the plot had failed.