Chief Timipre Sylva on Tuesday decried alleged camapign of calumny by the incumbent Gov Seriake Dickson attributing insecurity in Brass Local Government Area (LGA) of the state to Sylva.
Sylva, who denied any links with violence described the allegations and justifications of the smear campaign by the state government as indefensible in a statement issued by his media office.
The statement, signed by Media Adviser to Sylva, Mr Doifie Buokoribo, was in reaction to Dickson’s reply to a public alert about a coordinated defamation campaign against Sylva allegedly being plotted by the governor.
The duo have been trading blames since Sunday over recent violent clash between their supporters in Brass area of Bayelsa.
Dickson had in a statement by his Special Adviser of Public Affair Mr Dan Alabra accused Sylva, of using his political affiliations with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to unleash violence in Brass.
The statement dismissed the press release by Dickson’s media aide on Sunday as a mere confirmation of the governor’s treacherous Gestapo plots against Sylva.
It said the release which sought justifications for Dickson’s alleged smear campaign but lacked any evidence of unlawful activity by Sylva.
Sylva’s media office also condemned Dickson’s profiling of Brass as “a den of criminals”, describing it as unfair, unjustified and lacking in merit.
“Now that Dickson has told the world his excuses for plotting a campaign of slander against Sylva and destabilising the Brass Island, the propriety or impropriety of his pretexts is open to the judgement of God and man.
“But we dare say that the governor’s excuses are unfounded. His explanations are heavy with machinations and manoeuvrings, all executed with an eye to his signature dirty politics.
"This is more so as the statement does not contain any evidence of Sylva’s link with any of the allegations posited as grounds for the governor’s wicked plots and activities.
“The profiling of Brass Local Government Council by Dickson shows his mind-set towards the people he has always attempted to conquer, and demonstrates an innate pettiness and lack of broadmindedness in the administration of a state.
“Dickson would pass as the pettiest politician ever known to Nigerian politics.
"He is the only person who claims to have won an election but imagines eternally that he is being chased around by the shadow of the so-called loser.
"In one breathe, he calls Sylva a failed politician, in another, he sees Sylva’s shadow in every local community election in Bayelsa. He sees Sylva’s shadow in every local armed robbery in the state.
"He sees Sylva in his inability to govern, his inability to pay salaries, and his complete ineptitude. If this is not paranoia, it is hard to imagine what else it is.
“The level of armed robbery in our state at the moment is unprecedented. Kidnappings and killings are on the rise. Our people cannot safely travel on the waterways, as sea pirates kill and pillage unchecked.
“Bayelsa is on the brink of collapse. Yet, Dickson feels his problem is Sylva.
“In an attempt to hide his swarming depravities, Dickson is meeting with Chief Edwin Clark to try to position himself as the one to solve the Niger Delta problem. Maybe as the sponsor of the problem, he knows what to do to stop it.
“But Dickson needs to be well advised to simply stay home and govern the people, instead of fighting his own devious shadows. His lack of forthrightness is what is breeding vices in unprecedented proportions in the state and the region.” the statement read in part.
Alabra had in defence said that Dickson was too busy executing the mandate of the people of Bayelsa to join issues with politicians that have failed the state and the Ijaw nation.
The statement by Dickson's aide advised Sylva to stop using the name of the President to cover up his criminal activities in Bayelsa.
"Since Sylva became a member of the APC, the party had become a gang of cultists, hooligans and criminals in the state. He should be concerned that Brass, his local government area, had become a den of criminals," Alabra said.
Dickson warned that he would not hesitate to invoke the powers of the law against anybody found to be involved in acts harmful to the security of the state because he had a duty to protect lives and property in Bayelsa.
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