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Sylva Describes Bayelsa Election As Conspiracy Against Democracy

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa supplementary election, Timipre Sylva, has described the recently concluded election as a conspiracy against … Continue reading Sylva Describes Bayelsa Election As Conspiracy Against Democracy


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sylva on bayelsa pollsThe candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Bayelsa supplementary election, Timipre Sylva, has described the recently concluded election as a conspiracy against democracy.

In an interview with Channels Television on Monday in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, Mr Sylva accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of conspiring with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led-government in the state to rig the polls.

“I have always raised this complain that the INEC in Bayelsa was set up as part of the PDP rigging machine and as an APC candidate we were contesting with that PDP rigging machine.

“If you look at the whole process from the beginning, they set us up. The ad-hoc staff were appointed from the state university and they were changed with impunity. In fact, the last set of the SPOs that went for the elections were changed on the morning of the election because they were to serve a particular purpose.

“I feel very sad that in this day and age, this is what we get in Bayelsa,” he said condemning the process of the election.

Mr Sylva accused the PDP of rigging the election and said he would explore all legal avenues to protest the result of the polls.