Former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva has criticised the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri, for ordering his prosecution over the death of one George Sibo during the last governorship election.
Sylva, who is also the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate during the last governorship election in the state, said the directive, which Diri gave to his Attorney-General, had shown the governor’s desperation to deploy diversionary tactics and distractions against his case at the Court of Appeal.
Governor Diri had, during the burial of the slain youth who was killed at the collation centre in Brass during the last governorship election in the state, said the state would institute legal action against his killers.
The deceased was the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) agent at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre in Brass Local Government Area during the November 11, 2023 election.
While reacting to Governor Diri’s directive in a statement by his Special Assistant, Media, Julius Bokoru, Sylva stated 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 in court.
Sylva said Diri’s new 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.
He asked members of the public to discountenance the new plot by the governor, insisting that nothing would stop him from reclaiming his stolen mandate.
At the burial of the deceased in Twon-Brass on Thursday, Governor Diri directed the state attorney general to commence legal action against Chief Sylva, a former governor of the state, and those who stormed the collation centre.
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