In what appears to be a stunning offset in the political calculus
of Brass Constituency II, former Governor of Bayelsa State and leader of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva lost
his Polling Unit and Ward to the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in
Saturday’s rescheduled House of Assembly election as APGA wins the election.
The APC Leader’s preferred candidate, Mr Sam Igbeta pulled a total of 65 votes
in Okpoama Unit 004, while the winner, Deacon Alfred Watson Belemote of APGA
scored 66. It will be recalled that SAYELBA TIMES monitored Okpoama Unit
004 during the April 11 polls and brought you reports of the event that led to
its cancellation and rescheduling. Observers have described this result
as a big blow to Chief Sylva, who has already been hailed as the new
Leader of the Ijaws and Niger Delta by his followers, owing to his
position in the country’s ruling party.
This is because yesterday’s election
was seen as a litmus test of the much trumpeted political resurgence of the
former Governor and a gauge of his street cred as Bayelsa Prepares for a
Gubernatorial election in November of this year. As one PDP Chieftain
who spoke to us on the condition of anonymity puts it “Election is
about numbers, which means the man that’s more popular will emerge victorious.
Frankly, Sylva is not popular in Brass LGA. But his virtual stooges will hype
him like he’s loved by his people. Politics is beyond facebook propaganda.
Today, you can’t win elections with violence. Besides, nobody has monopoly of
violence. What happened in Brass Constituency II is a case of the electorates
showing Sylva that he failed them as Governor, and that his sins are
unforgivable. That’s why his handpicked APC candidate; Sam Igbeta, failed
woefully. He, Sylva, can never win an election in his ward.
He should forget
about vying for any elective post because we know he will still fail us.” The
PDP man spoke further “am happy that even if we did not win, the APC too lost.
At least now people will know that despite his fantasy Sylva is not close to
been as popular as his Facebook vuvuzela boys and girls want to world to
believe. He can lie to his Masters in Abuja that he is popular, but the reality
on ground is that he is not.
I will be extremely joyous if he runs against
Dickson with this form” we brought you a report earlier today
where the Bayelsa APC number One man hinted at the possibility of him joining
the Governorship race, by declaring his eligibility. Confusion
has however trailed the results as the Returning Officer who declared the
election inconclusive by 2am, turned around to declare the APGA Candidate
winner by 4am. Still Constituents of Brass Constituency II SAYELBA TIMES
spoke with revealed that the APGA man, Deacon Belemote is a far more popular
candidate than his three other main challengers.
Nevertheless, the
exercise was cancelled in 12 Units, 8 of which are in Ward 3 (Ewoama) a ward
some claim to be a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) stronghold. Of the
results out so far, APGA leads with more than 300 votes with the APC, Social
Democratic Party (SDP) and PDP in second, third and fourth positions
respectively. The PDP’s candidate Hon. Nyananyo Tubo was the Deputy
Chairman of the Party in the State under the suspended Col Sam Inokoba.
With this win, APGA now has two members in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly
having earlier won a seat in Kolokuma/Opokuma Constituency II through Mr Ebiye
Tarabina.
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