APC leader dismisses Dickson’s ‘federal might’ allegation:


A leader of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State, Mr. Bodi Arerebo, has said the governorship candidate of the party, Chief Timipre Sylva, does not need the support of the APC-led Federal Government to defeat the incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson. Arerebo, who was reacting to a statement credited to Dickson, challenged the governor to tell the people what he had achieved in his four years as a governor instead of alleging that Sylva was relying on federal might to win the Saturday election.The PDP leader, who spoke at a news conference in Yenagoa on Monday, said Sylva would win the election “fair and square” considering the ex-governor’s popularity and achievements while in office and his overwhelming followership.
He said many Bayelsans, who still expressed displeasure at the way Sylva was disallowed to contest in 2012, had united to return the former governor for his second term. He argued that Dickson’s fear about the use of federal might was fuelled by the fact that he came to power through federal might.

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