According to a statement issued by Mohammad Bello, special adviser to governor Tambuwal, he replaces outgoing Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, who was absent at the meeting and whose tenure will elapse on February 3, 2020.
Bello stated that the choice of Governor Tambuwal was unanimous as all the governors in attendance at the party’s 88th National Executive Council (NEC) holding at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, resolved and appointed him as their chairman.
A tweet by the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan confirmed appointment of Tambuwal as PDP governors’ forum as shown below: