The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, has boasted that he would trounce the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Timipre Sylva, in the supplementary governorship election in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area on Saturday.
The governor beat his chest on Monday while addressing a press conference in Yenagoa. Dickson said his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP would defeat the APC like it did in six out of the seven councils where the election was conducted on December 5, 2015 before it was declared inconclusive.
The rerun governorship election will be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission , INEC, in Southern Ijaw LGA and 101 other units across six LGAs.
He told journalists that he had been holding meetings with the various stakeholders in Southern Ijaw,including chiefs and presidents of youth groups ahead of the rescheduled poll.
T he governor said the APC leadership was desperate to capture Bayelsa to “expand their scope across the Atlantic (Ocean).”
“The party, APC, is desperate. Their candidate is desperate. I hear they want to expand their empire across the Atlantic.”
According to Dickson, the Federal Government will be laying a foundation for another Boko Haram if non-state actors are allowed to bear arms and compromise the security of the state.
He said although Sylva was his friend, he did not like his brand of politics of violence.
The governor stated, “I hereby restate my call on all federal institutions that have a role to play in the election to be non-partisan in order not to undermine the integrity of the electoral process and the nation’s democracy.”
