Governor Douye Diri’s efforts to combat insecurity have been praised by former President Goodluck Jonathan, who claimed that if the Bayelsa leader were to win reelection, the state would be far safer.
Nearly a week after the governor easily won a hotly contested election, the former president gave a speech on Friday while visiting the governor, who had earlier in the day obtained his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a second term in office.
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Jonathan who talked about how his cousin was abducted and murdered, was hopeful that things will get better soon since Diri won his reelection bid as the state’s governor.
Jonathan praised Diri for winning the election but pointed out that the progress made in reducing insecurity would have been lost if Douye had not won.
