A former governor of Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva, has insisted that he is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the December 5 governorship election in the state, stressing that any attempt to conduct a fresh primary would amount to illegality.
Stressing that no “amount of manipulation” can reverse his purported victory, the former governor said those clamouring for fresh primary want to get the ticket of the party through the back door.
According to a statement signed by his spokesman, Doifie Buokoribo, on Saturday, the APC leader in Bayelsa said, “An APC candidate for the December 5, 2015 governorship election in Bayelsa State has emerged and that candidate is Chief Timipre Sylva.
“There is no way a fresh primary can be organised on Tuesday as it would amount to an act of illegality. No amount of media manipulation can change that. This is a society of law and order.
“The latest disinformation through the media goes to show the level of desperation of some people who want the APC governorship ticket through the back door. An election was conducted, Sylva won, the whole world has seen it.”
The statement noted that there were reports in some quarters that Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, and his Ogun state counterpart, Ibikunle Amosu, had been assigned to join Oshiomhole in conducting a fresh primary.
Describing the move as a “cruel hoax”, Buokoribo said: “There is no way a hopelessly compromised Oshiomhole, who has also openly displayed his bias, can be asked again to go and conduct an election in Bayelsa State.
“As at Saturday, 26 September 2015, Tambuwal is in far away New York attending the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) while Amosun is attending Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Are they going to conduct a virtual election?
“Despite the orchestrated lies and disinformation, the Sylva Campaign will again urge our teeming supporters to be law-abiding, peaceful but resolute. Victory is sure,” the statement asserted.
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