Our gov’ship candidate not a cultist, APC tackles Dickson

Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that its candidate for the November 16 governorship election in the state, Chief David Lyon, is not a cultist and criminal as alleged by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. Dickson made the allegation yesterday at the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign team. […]

Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that its candidate for the November 16 governorship election in the state, Chief David Lyon, is not a cultist and criminal as alleged by Governor Henry Seriake Dickson.

Dickson made the allegation yesterday at the inauguration of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign team.

The state publicity secretary of APC and secretary media committee of David Lyon campaign council, Mr Doifie Buokoribo, described the governor’s claim as habitual deception and mudslinging.

He said Dickson’s normal, customary and habitual trickery, is always meant to hide his nervousness by defaming the opponent, when he is jittery and faced with tough political opposition.

“At its elemental level, Governor Seriake Dickson’s deception machine has essentially run on creating falsehood around formidable opponents as a ploy to justify intended poll rigging and violence.

“The most basic step in this criminal strategy, as the whole world is witnessing currently, has always been to identify intimidating rivals they cannot stand in a fair poll, cast mud at them, and then activate an electoral manipulation process, using thugs, corrupt officials of the INEC and some dishonest security personnel,” he said.