Chief Timipre Sylva, an All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for governor of Bayelsa State, claims that Governor Douye Diri hired spies to track his whereabouts.
In a statement released yesterday, Sylva said that he had credible evidence indicating that spies operating around the state, particularly at the Bayelsa International Cargo Airport, had been instructed to track and report his activities within the state to an off-grid security infrastructure.
However, in a prompt response, Diri’s main press secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, stated that the state governor is a well-known pacifist and an advocate of politics without resentment, adding that he would not shed his blood to win reelection.
Alabrah asserted that the former governor is skilled at accusing people of things they have not done whereas Sylva was likely the one behind the accusation, based on Sylva’s prior actions.
According to Sylva, the governor’s close security aide was in charge of organising the espionage operations with the intention of jeopardising his convoy.
He urged security organisations and the general public to pay attention to Diri’s use of violence against him and the Bayelsa people in general, with a concentration on Opu-Nembe.
He asserted that any incumbent governor seeking reelection employs the tactic of commissioning and launching initiatives to persuade the populace, but that following his defeat in office, Diri has turned to desperation, violence, and dishonest tactics.
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“Bayelsans are overwhelmingly in support of Sylva’s push to Creek Haven, which represents an act of liberation. The spirit of Bayelsa State will be saved from the clutches of characters whose vain attempt to conceal their ineffectiveness is violence, he added. The change is imminent, the change is inevitable.
Alabrah responded to Sylva’s assertions by saying, “It is on record that the February/March general election in the country was so calm in the state that there were no reported incidences of bloodshed and killings unlike in the past. This is the first time in the history of elections in Bayelsa State. This was a result of the governor’s conciliatory nature, which pervaded the state’s politics.
“Chief Sylva excels at making up problems when there are none. We suspect he is the one organising what he is accusing the governor of based on his prior behaviour. However, it is best to disregard the rants of someone who is drowning and looking for a straw to hold onto or who is trying to justify a failed governorship project. He has been completely rejected by the leaders of his party, the Nembe/Brass people, and the Bayelsa electorate.
