By Samuel Oyadongha

Yenagoa — Bayelsa State governor, Mr Seriake Dickson, has reminded the embattled former governor of the state and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief Timipre Sylva, that his era was the darkest days in the history of the state.

Though Sylva has not formally declared his intention to give the Creek Haven a shot, Dickson, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, urged Sylva to consider his ambition of returning to office come 2016, “as an illusion because the people of Bayelsa now know better.”

Dickson, in the statement, was reacting to Sylva, who accused him of governing by intimidation and fear.
He said, “Sylva’s remarks epitomized those of a man who has lost focus and not in touch with the realities on ground. It is heart warming that he (Sylva) is now accusing me of multiple crimes and criminality, secret killings, cultism, large scale corruption and brigandage, which formed the hallmark of his tenure as governor of Bayelsa State.

“Sylva’s era as governor were the darkest days in the history of the state. Bayelsans have become wiser and would not be cajoled or hoodwinked by his antics. If Sylva was a wise man, he would have seen the handwriting on the wall that Bayelsans have since rejected him by voting massively for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in all the recent elections.

“As a clear manifestation of the peoples’ total dislike for Sylva, he lost in his unit, ward and constituency in the state and National Assembly polls that were conducted recently in the state. These are ominous signals that he can’t be governor again.”
Dickson wondered how Sylva would, in his wildest imagination, think that, he and the APC stand any chance of defeating a performing PDP governor in the forthcoming election in the state.

But Sylva had earlier in an interview, weekend in Yenagoa, said that the ruling PDP in Bayelsa State had lost its status and would soon be defeated in the forthcoming election, assuring the people that the intimidating status of the PDP has been reduced by the defeat of the party by the APC in the presidential election.