The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against heating up the polity and embarking on clandestine moves that would set the South South region on fire over the Bayelsa state governorship tussle.
The APC accused Godspower Keku, the state Secretary of the PDP, of peddling lies against its national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomole and the minister of state for petroleum resources, Chief Timipre Sylva.
The APC’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, said the warning becomes necessary because of Keku’s unguarded statements are capable of inflaming tension in the state following the Supreme Court decisions on the Bayelsa State Governorship election.
Nabena said: “I read the unprovoked and unwarranted attacks by one Godspower Keku, purported Bayelsa State Secretary of the PDP on the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva and the APC national leadership in which Chief Sylva was particularly hurled several concocted and mischievous allegations.
“As law abiding people, we have accepted the decisions of the Supreme Court on the Bayelsa Governorship in good faith. However, I strongly urge the PDP in Bayelsa State not to take for granted the 352,552 electorate who voted overwhelmingly for their governorship choice by making insensitive and infuriating statements.
“Perhaps, the PDP in Bayelsa is out of tune with the current state government and needs to be called to order. In the interest of peace and the development of Bayelsa.
“We have appealed to our supporters and members to be peaceful and accept the ruling. The Bayelsa PDP’s attempt to stir the hornets nest and further infuriate Bayelsans is ill thought, careless and reckless.”