The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has been accused by the State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of begging for a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari because he is now aware he won’t win the Bayelsa governorship election.
In a statement by the Director, Media and Publicity of the Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organisation, Chief Nathan Egba, the APC expressed joy that the audience sought by Dickson was not granted by President Buhari.
“Our investigations reveal that Dickson is quite unsettled ahead of the January 9 re-run election in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, which is a stronghold of the APC and he is now reportedly looking for a soft landing after he actually loses the Bayelsa governorship seat.
“President Buhari should be wary of the desperate Dickson, whose main plan is to win the election through the use of violence.
“We are confident that the APC candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, will win convincingly in Southern Ijaw council and the other 101 polling units across the state, because Bayelsa people are yearning to be part of the national change movement.”
But the PDP has laughed off the APC’s claims.
“The claim of the APC is filled with lies. It is sad for APC in Bayelsa State to think that the governor would visit Aso Villa without any previous appointment”, said Director of Media and Publicity of Dickson’s Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite.
“It is almost like a no brainer for any discerning mind to know that nobody just wakes up in the morning, gets dressed and heads straight to the Presidential Villa without being invited or having a prior appointment.
“For crying out loud, it is inconceivable for anyone to assume, much less believe, that the governor of an oil-rich state that contributes over 40 percent of the nation’s wealth would be denied access to see the President,” he stated.
Obuebite dismissed the APC’s claim as “not worthy of any response.”
He said the governorship election had already been won and lost and that he wasn’t surprised that the APC in Bayelsa State was still carrying on in their usual deception as though they still stood a chance. He added that the APC was up to its propaganda gimmick once more.
“The APC has lost and they know it. No amount of propaganda and blackmail will return them as winners. They have been roundly rejected by the people and we truly sympathise with them because the APC is finished in Bayelsa State,” Obuebite said.
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