The All Progressives Congress (APC),
Bayelsa state chapter, has slammed the party’s candidate in the last
governorship election in the state, Chief Timipre Silva, for allegedly
sidelining the leadership and trying to corner federal appointments due
to the state for only his cronies.
Addressing a press conference on
Wednesday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, state APC
chairman, Chief Timipa Orunimighe, said the party is also demanding the
resignation of the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken
Lokpobiri, for alleged inducement he made to Silva to secure the
appointment.
Similarly, Orunimighe alleged that Sylva
has compiled and submitted names of some other non-APC members to the
Secretary to the Government of Federation (SGF) for federal appointments
without the knowledge of the state executives.
“We also want to call on the Minister
represent Bayelsa, Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, the
junior minister to resign his appointment reason being that he also paid
for the slot of his ministerial position and I also believe and those
of us standing here know very well that he is not a member of the
party,” he said.
Orunimighe who was accompanied during
the conference by the Deputy Chairman and Secretary of the party in the
state, accused the former governor of attempting to single-handedly pick
appointment slots meant for Bayelsa.
“As APC chairman in Bayelsa and very
strong exco, we have spoken with him. We told him we will stand against
that as a people, if we can stand against Jonathan as a President, if we
can stand against the governor of Bayelsa state Sarieke Dickson to tell
him we don’t like his antecedent as governor, we can also tell our
leader that we don’t like his antecedents. We are not ready as a people
to sell any slot of appointment to be given to Bayelsans.”
Silva who spoke on the telephone,
countered the allegation of monetary inducement by accusing the state
party chairman of collecting money from the PDP candidate, Governor
Seriake Dickson, and colluding with the governor to sabotage his
election.
THISDAY 
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