Fresh crisis hits Bayelsa APC

By NDUBUISI ORJI

EVEN as the dust over the governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Bayelsa State is yet to settle, a fresh crisis has hit the state chapter of the party.

This time, it is over who should be nominated as the deputy governorship candidate.

Former governor of the state, Timipr­eye Sylva emerged candidate of the par­ty last week in a rescheduled primaries.

A source claimed that leadership of the party in the state is currently split over who should be nominated for the office .

According to the source, the difficulty arose from the fact that Sylva had pri­or to the primaries, made promises to many leaders of the party for the same position. The move was to get their sup­port.

The source, who is a chieftain of the party, said the issue is ripping the party apart stressing that it had become so worrisome that if care is not taken, it could lead to mass defection before the December 5 governorship election. He said: “It is now a fight to the finish.”

The source said the rift would not have arisen if Sylva had not made mul­tiple promises to key leaders of the party as a way of luring them into supporting him.

Having got the ticket, the source stat­ed that redeeming his promise has be­come a huge challenge for Sylva .

On the number of people promised the running mate ticket by Sylva, the source claimed that no fewer than six persons were given the promise.

The source revealed that among the lot, two names who are now “major po­litical headaches” in the cat and mouse game are the state chairman, Chief Tiwe Oruminighe and PDP defector, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri.

Sylva, had earlier reportedly settled for the party chairman but changed his mind because of what was regarded as “pressure from Sylva’s inner circle,” who warned that Oruminighe had be­come “too powerfuls.”

He stressed that the fear was that if the state chairman was handed the tick­et, he could plot against Sylva in case they win the election.

He noted that Oruminghe is the brain behind Sylva’s emergence using his po­sition to ensure the delegates voted for him at the primary. He was also said to be Sylva’s political godson, having served under him as chairman of South­ern Ijaw Local Government.

In the case of Senator Lokpobiri who defected from the PDP and aspired to be governor but is now the Director-Gen­eral of Sylva’s Campaign Organisation, the source claimed that he was keen on becoming running mate but may have missed out due to similar reason against the party chairman.

Lokpobiri, the source said, would have been a good choice but Sylva and his ‘inner circle” are not comfortable with him because in their estimation, he could be “cunning and too independent-minded.” He is also to be a “violent politician” who could “match Sylva violence for violence.”


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Crises happy news outfits,Sylva u av bn rejectd lik forever.

More crises plssssss
Dick-son over to you.congratualtion on ur re-election.

For Sylva to make any impact in Governorship election, the only place to pick his Deputy is the marginalised Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA, and it must not be any of those cultist who ran The Governorship primaries with him. However, Bayelsans will vote the lesser evil SERIAKE DICKSON.

Are they insinuating that Sylvia is between the devil and the deep blue sea

It's his call they should allow him choose his running mate.

Bayelsa needs to go through some sort of reorientation program for its political class and people, sensitizing the general public on what to expect from a leader and what the role of government is. I am tired of reading about the dismal leadership catastrophes the state keeps finding itself in, not to forget the last catastrophe let loose on the nation from that state. Leadership in Nigeria remains an issue but the one in Bayelsa is something else. Have they had a not-so-abysmally-terrible-leader for even a day since the state was created?

Okanokan:
For Sylva to make any impact in Governorship election, the only place to pick his Deputy is the marginalised Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA, and it must not be any of those cultist who ran The Governorship primaries with him. However, Bayelsans will vote the lesser evil SERIAKE DICKSON.

kolokuma have no force or population to give bloc vote to apc i he would stand a chance he should go with t the pdp cheiftain

Okanokan:
For Sylva to make any impact in Governorship election, the only place to pick his Deputy is the marginalised Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA, and it must not be any of those cultist who ran The Governorship primaries with him. However, Bayelsans will vote the lesser evil SERIAKE DICKSON.

kolokuma have no force or population to give bloc vote to apc i he would stand a chance he should go with t the pdp cheiftain