The Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, says the verdict of history would be hard on former Governor of the state, Timipre Sylva.
According to him, politicians who misused the opportunities to serve, but instead abused state resources to lure Bayelsa youths to violence would face condemnation in the courts of posterity.
The Governor, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media Relations, Fidelis Soriwei, stressed that politicians buying guns for Bayelsa youths and fanning the embers of violence would have their place of honour “on history’s pages of villainy.”
Dickson, who was reacting to a publication in which Sylva alleged of a media plot by the governor to pitch him against the Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, noted that “it was rather unfortunate that he had descended to the level of scavenging for imagined information from the gutters.”
He said that while genuine and responsible political leaders respond to real issues, Sylva had continually showed that he is yet to extricate himself from the agony of excruciating rejection by Bayelsa people at the polls.
Soriwei noted that Gov. Dickson was too occupied with the effective execution of his responsibilities as Governor of Bayelsa State to devote attention to trivialities especially imagined media reports.
He described his statement as “a product of blackmail inspired by the feared and anticipated consequences of hidden guilt.”
According to him: “it was rather sad that Sylva in his desperation to prove his political relevance to his political overlords saw casting aspersions on Dickson as the only route to political relevance.
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“Again, we are constrained to react to spurious claims and distractions from Sylva and his cohorts who are bent on misinforming the Nigerian public.
“It is indeed unfortunate that Sylva has descended to the level of scavenging for imagined information in the gutters for the purpose of attacking the Governor.
“While it is the standard for genuine leaders and serious minded politicians to respond to real issues, Sylva is yet to recover from the bitterness occasioned by his excruciating rejection by his own people.
“The recent invectives from Sylva are a product of Blackmail inspired by consequences of some tormenting sense of guilt. When Sylva talks about conscience, Bayelsans shiver! There couldn’t have been better way to advertise hypocrisy.
“While Sylva is worrying over the imagined consequences of a badly buried corpse, we are mindful to remind him once again that the only thing in hot pursuit of him is his shadow. When he looks back, he shall find no Dickson. The Governor is miles ahead of him.”
