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 Bayelsa Guber: Leave Gbajabiamila Out Of Your Frustration, Sylva Warns Diri

The Bayelsa State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, has warned the state governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Senator Douye Diri, to leave the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, out of his frustration ahead of the November 11, governorship election.

Sylva stated this while reacting to a publication in one of the national dailies which he said was sponsored by Diri wherein he alleged that he (Sylva) was behind attempts to blackmail Gbajabiamila in a bid to influence some federal board appointments and weaken the chief of staff.

But the former Petroleum minister described the publication in the paper (not LEADERSHIP) which also alleged that he was trying to influence INEC postings in Bayelsa State to the APC’s favour as “the job of scavenging mercenaries.”

Sylva, in a statement yesterday, said it was curious that the poorly-worded piece had none of media house’s team of journalists he described as among the best in the country on it, noting that instead an ambiguous “Our Reporter” was credited as the author of the report, creating instant impressions that the black-market publication may have slipped through the paper’s professional management.

He said: “The publication is false and is as sordid as the depressed minds of its sponsors. Sylva’s democratic records are there for all to see. He is no cynic, nor is he one to seek victory or political success through illegitimate means. Sylva’s sincerity, patriotism and passion for progress has been his spur in what has now become a stellar journey of service.

“It is worrying that the Bayelsa State Government, prompted by a certain Israel Sunny-Goli, would abandon its duty of governance and delve into low-rate, lethargic propaganda, procured, very painfully, by taxpayers monies of the state.