Timipre Silva Breaks The Standing Order Seeks APC Govenroship  Ticket Amidst Drama 

Resentment, anger, and protest are on the rise in Bayelsa APC ahead of the party's gubernatorial primaries, which are set to take place in about two weeks.

The gubernatorial ambition of former Bayelsa State Governor and current Minister of State for Petroleum Resources ,Timipre Silva is at the heart of the rage that threatens to split the party apart.

By intentionally breaking section 84 sub-section 12 of the electoral act, the current minister of state is on a mission to truncate the APC victory in the Bayelsa Governorship election, as is evident from the tone of their cries in the Bayelsa APC.

The electoral act is very clear; section 84 sub-section 12 states that you cannot run for office or receive votes in an election if you are a political appointee. It also states that anyone holding a political office, such as a minister, commissioner, special adviser, or other official, must resign from that position before they are eligible to run for office or serve as a delegate in an election.

Now there are consequences for any political party that disobeys this straightforward rule by allowing its contenders to flout it. Section 84(13) further provides that “where a political party fails to comply with the provisions of this act in the conduct of its primaries, its candidate for the election shall not be included in the election for the particular position in issue”.

This is where the game gets interesting, as Bayelsa APC members are furious that the Minister of State has refused to resign from the Federal Cabinet while still going through the back door to be screened for the governorship election and receiving a certificate to that effect from the party.

Why would Silva, who has nothing to show for his years in Abuja, want to deliberately bring Bayelsa APC to ruin by floating a rule that has the consequences of our party not fielding a candidate, defies our imagination?- An anonymous member of the party's State Executive who spoke to our correspondent wondered why Slyva couldn't do the right thing instead of breaking the rules on purpose.

If the accounts of disgruntled members are to be believed, the minister may be treacherous in regards to his backdoor entry into the governorship race. They assert that he denied purchasing the Governorship form by claiming it was purchased on his behalf by admirers, but he still showed up for screening and a certificate was duly issued.

They claim that such dishonest actions could mislead the APC's sizable base of support in Bayelsa State, drawing comparisons to David Lyon's election victory, which was later declared invalid because his running mate gave false information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to support his eligibility for the state's governorship election on November 16th.

This was in spite of the fact that David Lyon humiliated the PDP in the most recent elections by defeating the current Governor Mr. Duoye Diri the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), by a margin of more than 180,000 votes, receiving a total of 352,552 votes. 

A feat no APC member can ever boast of in the history of Bayelsa state, they are requesting that Silva drop out of the race immediately, so what are your thoughts on this trending issue.

Osigwe Omo-Ikirodah is the Editor in Chief iReporteronline.
https://ireporteronline.com.ng/blog/bayelsa-apc-at-war-as-timipre-silva-set-to-rock-the-boat-with-his-governorship-ambition/

Ngwanu 😏

One thing must kill a man

Silva wants power

Hmm

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Greed

Silver to bronze

What did Timipre Silva forget in the Government’s house ?

You were governor from 27 May 2008 – 27 January 2012 and now the current Nigeria Minister of State for Petroleum Resources.

Even Timaya hailed you so well in his Songs 🎶

All the leaders in APC are scared right now. They know they can never prove they won the elections and Peter Obi is coming at them like a tsunami. Look at their comments, they are all jittery.

In Nigeria to serve is always by force

Let's make political offices less attractive and see wonders

Who dey do APC juju today?
This Silva or Silifa is an Agbaya.
Tinubu should sanitise APC so that Tom Dick and Harries won't soil the party's name the more.

OBTOREPA:

You are so beautiful.
Please are you taken?
I'm very much interested

Thanks sir. I m single but not searching.

You see Governorship position? No looting pass am.
That is the only reason a career senator would want to die to become a state Governor. The looting there is PRO MAX.

Silva should gerrat joor. He can't win election in bayelsa.

Hmmmm.

Greedy people, who just want to keep lining their pockets with the commonwealth.

Why should they be blamed? The citizens are blinded, bamboozled and fooled constantly by the politicians. As long as we fail to hold them accountable, they will continue in their thieving ways.

Rather than talk about security, health, job creation, education, proper infrastructures, good air, etc, politicians capitalize on the foolishness of the people and divide them further along tribal and religious lines. The country is at breaking point.

How someone holds the position of the minister for state, Petroleum, and at the same time grabs the governorship with the other is mind boggling.

Hopefully Bayelsans can shine their eyes this time and elect a governor who will propel them to greater heights.

Oga go rest Jhoor leave am for Lyon Mak he try again...

APC is all about confusion

Confusion transmission
confusion

Make him rest

Silver should respect himself and allow David Lyon finish the good work he did in 2019.

APC cannot win Bayelsa if they don't field David Lyon.

Buhari is a bad leader. All these shenanigans expose his wickness.

oikirodah:


Timipre Silva Breaks The Standing Order Seeks APC Govenroship  Ticket Amidst Drama 


Osigwe Omo-Ikirodah is the Editor in Chief iReporteronline.
https://ireporteronline.com.ng/blog/bayelsa-apc-at-war-as-timipre-silva-set-to-rock-the-boat-with-his-governorship-ambition/

naturally it’s only death that ends the greed of Nigerians.

Tinubu is here.

The last man standing.

APC and problems...

Man and his quest for power.

Why?

inoki247:
Oga go rest Jhoor leave am for Lyon Mak he try again...

Exactly

Silva go and rest

Mumu sylva...