Eleven out of the Fourteen members of the State Working Committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State yesterday dismissed as “frivolous” and “a sponsored campaign “ against the Leader of the Party and Governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva by some aggrieved members of the Party from the state,saying Sylva remains the party’s indefectible National leader from the State.
Some factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State led by the Party Chairman, Chief Tiwei Orunimighe had on Tuesday 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.
But the Eleven members of the State Working Committee of the Party led by the Organizing Secretary of the Party, Sir. Tonye Okio and the only elected member of the State House of Assembly of the APC, Hon. Isreal Sunny-Igoli dismissed the claims against Chief Timipre Sylva and insisted that the party has summoned those involved for appropriate disciplinary actions.
While Hon. Isreal Sunny-Igoli, the member of the State House of Assembly representing Brass Constituency 1,said though the members of the Party in the State have since discovered the anti-party antics of the aggrieved party members as alleged blackmail for appointments,” Chief Sylva has never negotiated with anybody for appointments and he has remained a trusted and dependable leader.’
“The Party Chairman and his cohorts have made many mistakes in the past, but this unfounded claim against the leader is the greatest of all. Many members of the Party are asking him to tell the world if Chief Timipre Sylva collected money from him to make him Southern Ijaw Local Government Chairman and State Party Chairman ahead of others? Did he, as a party Chairman, spent any kobo of his money for the recent Governorship election. Tiwei is a mole in the APC and we have confirmed it.”
“Chief Tiwei Orunimigha is greedy and his time is up. Before the Governorship election, an Ex-Militant leader from Rivers State confirmed to us that our party Chairman was the mole in our midst and all party strategies are known to Governor Dickson. But because the election was at the door, we could not do anything.”
“The aggrieved members led by Chief Tiwei Orunimighe demanded for the Executive Secetarty position of Local Content Board and Chief Sylva turned him down that he is not qualified. And that the State has many other qualified persons to fill the position as required by law.But as it has become his motto,he ran out and made the frivolouc,, c accusations.”
Hon. Sunny-Igoli, who commended loyal party members for their calm and maturity over the reported allegations against the Party’s Governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, said the party is already considering the shameful action of the Party Chairman and others, “and appropriate disciplinary action will be meted out soon.”
On his part, the Organizing Secretary of the APC, Sir.Tonye Okio, in a separate statement, dissociated members of the State Working Committee of the Party from the allegations made by the Party Chairman, Chief Tiwei Orunimigha, ”the allegation is baseless, unfounded and the people of the State should disregard it. The action of the embattled State Chairman was done out of greed and insatiable quest to grab juicy positions like the Executive Secretary of the Local Content Development Board"
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