Bayelsa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Timipre Sylva, as unelectable because ‘picking him as the party’s candidate is an insult to the people of the state.’
PDP Secretary in the state, Keku Godspower said Sylva’s emergence has shown that the party isn’t interested in seriously contesting for the elections.
Godspower said “With the December 5 governorship election around the corner, we call on the people to outrightly reject Sylva’s candidacy. Everybody in Bayelsa knows that Sylva is not electable.”
In a statement by his Media Adviser, Doifie Buokoribo, Sylva speaking on behalf of the APC said “We know the PDP game plan was to prevent the emergence of a strong and popular APC governorship candidate so that they can easily repeat their trademark shenanigan of aborting democratic competition and stealing victory without a contest.
“With that deception, they stole the mandate of the people in 2011, when both Chief Timipre Sylva and Mr. Ndutimi Alaibe were dubiously excluded. All the frenzied disparagement of Sylva now by the PDP is an understandable manifestation of fear and frustration over their impending defeat at the December 5 election. That frenzy is understandable. We will make Dickson history.”