Sylva, Diri At War

 

 

 Timipre Sylva, former Minister  of State Petroleum Minister,  has lambasted Governor Douye Diri, for ordering his prosecution over the death of one George Sibo in the last governorship election.

In a statement by Daniel Alabrah,

Chief Press Secretary to the  Governor on Thursday, Douye Diri had stated that the state will institute  a legal action against the killers of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre in Brass Local Government Area on November 12, 2023.

He had  said that the 31-year-old George Sibo was killed when the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate,  Timipre Sylva in the November 11 governorship poll, led his party members and supporters to invade the collation centre and held INEC officials hostage.

At the burial of the deceased in Twon-Brass, Governor Diri had  directed the state Attorney-General to commence legal action against  Sylva, a former governor of the state, and those who stormed the collation centre.

But  Sylva on Friday said the directive, which Diri gave to his Attorney-General, has shown his desperation to deploy diversionary tactics and distractions  against his case at the Appeal Court.

Sylva  recalled that Diri had abandoned a phantom EFCC case he conjured to distract him and had devised another style in his failed attempt to stop him and the APC from concentrating on their  case.

Sylva said Diri's new devilish plot was dead on arrival as he knew nothing about the death of George Sibo, whom he described as an illustrious and promising youth of the state.

The former governor of the state in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media, Julius Bokoru, asked members of the public to discountenance the new plot by the governor insisting that nothing would stop him from reclaiming his stolen mandate.

The statement read: "Chief Sylva is curious at what Diri's apparent desperation can push him to. It is clear this recent effort is a symptom of fear, shortly after Diri tried to conjure some phantom EFCC case against Sylva he has devised a new method of distraction which, of course, is dead on arrival.

The statement observed that Diri had continued to spend huge amount of taxpayers' money on heavy propaganda to distract Sylva's focus on his case.

"Sylva knows nothing about the murder of George Sibo, an illustrious and promising youth of the state. It is important to note that by the time the young man died, Sylva was well out of the Island".

"It is clear that this is fear, anxiety and everything to distract Chief Sylva after his attempt to bring up EFCC issues failed at the wake of a long and relentless string of propaganda against Chief Sylva with tax payers monies.

"It is clear that any attempt to drag Chief Sylva into this issue is either inspired by fear and anxiety or by a thoroughly jaundiced-mindset.  

"Everything imaginable has been put in Sylva’s way to distract him. After Diri’s attempt to bring up phantom EFCC issues failed. After the endless and relentless string of propaganda failed against Chief Sylva. Now this!

"This response, which at this point is forced from Chief Sylva, is painful for two reasons: how can a sitting governor assume the role of a forensic and criminal investigator and convict Chief Sylva even before investigations commenced? How much more can a sitting governor debase the office, making such wild, frantic and baseless allegations?

"In the course of the last elections we saw strange things from Gov Douye Diri who seemed constantly edgy and ready to emotionally erupt, but this latest unwarranted combustion is a new low.

"This is an unequivocal affirmation that we have a mentally brittle individual at the helm in Bayelsa State, who cannot free himself from a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which he apparently contracted since the electoral heist of November 2023.

"Chief Sylva, concerned Bayelsans and the APC are trying everything within the law to get a stolen mandate back. Until justice is done, Diri’s Governorship remains illegitimate in the minds of every sincere Bayelsan and every sincere person of goodwill". The statement concluded.