The sale of governorship forms in the Bayelsa state chapter of the All Progressives Congress has kicked off as ten politicians in the state have already picked up the expression of interest and nomination forms.
Among those that have picked up the forms already are a former chief of staff to Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson, Chief Dikivie Ikhiogha; former commissioner of Housing, Austin Ogiowon; former member of the house of representatives, Hon. Warman Ogoriba; former Peoples Democratic Party chairman, Col. Sam Inokoba; former commissioner for local government, Chief Godknows Powell and the former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe.
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Rumours are also thick in the state that a former governor in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva, may have also picked his forms for the race from the national secretariat of the party in Abuja.
Others mentioned are the former chairman of Ekeremor local government council, Hon. Christopher Enai and ex-senator representing Bayelsa East senatorial district, Senator Clever Ikhisikpo.
A party source told Thisday that Alaibe’s form, was procured by some elders and stakeholders from the state under the aegis of the Bayelsa Change Project.
“This afternoon, some elders picked the nomination form for Alaibe at the APC national secretariat. The group of over 48 members was led by Senator John K. Brambaifa. Others are Chief Alex Ekiotenne, Hon Stella Dorgu, Chief O’Lord Michael Bassuo,” the source said.
Meanwhile, the Tiwe Orunimigha-led faction of the APC also endorsed Sylva as the candidate of the party for the election, while another group, Bayelsa Democratic Front (BDF), said to be in support of Sylva has criticised the Bayelsa state governor for allegedly sponsoring publications in the media aimed at causing tension in the APC in the state.
In a statement issued by the group yesterday by its President-General, Chief Promise Okpoebi, he said the publications were a failed attempt the governor to truncate a political tsunami that is set to sweep him out of office.
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The statement read: “In the latest of these publications, the APC leader in the state, Sylva, was alleged to have made a deal with former Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Alaibe, who recently joined APC, to concede the party’s governorship ticket to him (Alaibe) in return for N5 billion compensation and a ministerial nomination.
“The report also alleged that Sylva was offered the right to nominate Alaibe’s deputy and five commissioners in his cabinet if he wins the election, and that Alaibe also offered to use his contacts to ensure the discontinuation of the case against Sylva at the EFCC.
“These postulations are not only false, they are flagrantly out of sync with reality.
“To start with, even the most laidback of citizens in the state and, indeed, Nigeria today, know that Alaibe is not in a position to nominate Sylva as a minister under the President Buhari administration. As a leader of APC in the state and a national leader of the party, Sylva had only recently led other party stakeholders to receive Alaibe and many other prominent indigenes of the state into APC. It is only laughable for anyone to reason that Alaibe would suddenly be the one recommending Sylva to the president.
“Besides, Sylva has not yet told anyone that he wants to contest the governorship election. On the N5 billion compensation allegation, we wonder where Alaibe would get such a huge sum of money, particularly, at this era of anti-corruption campaign under Buhari. Will he send it by cash, bank transfer or cheque?”
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In a related development, the APC has sounded a note of warning to the Independent National Electoral Commission to address all the problems associated with the use of card readers during the last general elections before the forthcoming governorship polls in Kogi and Bayelsa states.
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