Dickson to Sylva: Forget your governorship ambition

The Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Monday asked the former Governor of the state and chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, to forget his ambition to return to the Government House in 2016.

Dickson described Sylva’s first term as governor of the state as the darkest days in the history of Bayelsa.

The governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, urged the former governor to consider his ambition as illusion, “because people of Bayelsa now know better.”

Dickson was reacting to comments credited to Sylva, who accused him of governance by “intimidation and fear.”

He said: “Sylva 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.”

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