A former Governor of Bayelsa State,
Timipre Sylva, has said those defecting from one party to the other need
“psychiatric evaluation”, an online newspaper, The Cable reported on
Thursday.....
Sylva was quoted as saying this while
reacting to rumors that he had moved from the All Progressives Congress
to the Peoples Democratic Party.
In a statement issued by his spokesman,
Julius Bokoru, the ex-governor blamed the report on the PDP-led
administration in the state.
Sylva was elected as governor under the PDP but later defected to the APC where he lost another governorship bid in 2016.
He said he remained “firmly” in the APC and urged those behind the rumor to “wake up.”
The statement read, “While ordinarily,
such rumors are laughable at best and preposterous at worst, Sylva
wishes to state (for the sake of his supporters) that he remains firmly a
member and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, a party he
pioneered in Bayelsa State and a party he believes is steering the
country out of the shackles of mediocrity and under-development.”
“Sylva is at a loss what purpose this
baseless rumour is meant to serve. But you cannot put anything past the
demented PDP government in Bayelsa state.
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