Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has advised his predecessor, Chief Timipre Sylva, to forget his quest to return to the Government House in 2016. This was as he described Sylva’s first term as Bayelsa governor as the darkest days in the history of the state.
The governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, urged the former governor, who is a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, to consider his ambition as an illusion, “because people of Bayelsa now know better.”
Dickson, stated this in reaction to comments credited to Sylva, who accused him of governing through “intimidation and fear.”
According to the Governor, “Sylva’s remarks epitomized those of a man, who has lost focus and not in touch with the realities on ground.
“It is heartwarming that he (Sylva) is not accusing me of multiple crimes and criminality, secret killings, cultism, large scale corruption and brigandage, which were the hallmarks of his tenure as governor of Bayelsa State.
“Sylva’s days as governor of Bayelsa State were the darkest in the history of the state. Bayelsans have become wiser and would not be cajoled or hoodwinked by his antics.
“If Sylva is a wise man, he would have seen the handwriting on the wall, that Bayelsans have since rejected him by voting massively for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in all the recent elections.
“As a clear manifestation of the people’s total dislike for Sylva, he lost in his unit, ward and constituency in the state and National Assembly polls, that were conducted recently in the state. These are ominous signals that he can’t be governor again,” Dickson stated.
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