As the Bayelsa State governorship election, scheduled for November 11, 2023 gets closer, panic has hit the camp of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, as his support base is being eroded daily with supporters ditching him for the camp of the incumbent, Senator Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The scenario has also been compounded by the reluctance of the national leadership of the party to support his campaign financially.
Only recently, the closest political ally of Sylva, who is also an immediate past member of the House.of Representatives, Hon. Israel Sunny Goli, dumped him for the PDP over what was described as irreconcilable differences.
Also, a few days ago, the platform of former legislators from 1999 till date declared their support for Diri with the vote of confidence on Diri moved by a former Sylva ally, Hon. Robert Enogha, and seconded by Rt. Hon. Werinipre Seibarugu, former Acting Governor and also a deputy governor to Sylva.
The development is becoming a source of worry to his supporters and party leaders in the state.
A close associate of the former minister, who spoke to our reporter in confidence, while taking stock of the political climate in the state ahead of the election, said: “If care is not taken, the way Sylva is going about it, he and his supporters may be plunged into political oblivion and ultimately retired from the Bayelsa political space, because events of the past are haunting him and his followers.”
The source recalled how Sylva led a team of his supporters to meet the National Chairman of APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, to raise funds to support his campaign.
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