A group, Niger Delta Peace Initiative (NDPI) have accused the leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state, Chief Timipre Sylva of attracting more cultists into the party ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The group made the accusation in a statement it released to journalists in Yenagoa at the weekend, saying Sylva's APC remains a party of cultists.
President of NDPI, Diepreye Ayah who signed the statement also accused Sylva of making overtures to members of the ruling party in the State to join the APC.
According to Ayah, it was Sylva who lured the immediate past Commissioner for Youth Development, Mr. Ibarakumo Otobo to join the APC after promising him the ticket of the party for the Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma Federal Constituency.
Ayah said the APC leader met with Otobo in Abuja, where he made the promise, just the same way he had also promised Osonkinme Blankson for the same ticket.
The statement recalled that the APC leader had used similar tactics prior to the last governorship election to woo members of the PDP to the APC after assuring them of juicy positions which was never fulfilled.
He said based on the assurances, most of those who joined the APC sold their personal property to fund the governorship campaign of Sylva and has since gone bankrupt.
Diepreye Ayah pointed out that Sylva is currently exploiting the greed of some members of the restoration government by promising them tickets for various platform to run in the 2019 elections but advised them not to fall for the slippery offer.
The NDPI President said political appointees in the present administration who are always complaining of no money in the system should stop being ungrateful but rather be contented that they have a job and are earning reasonable salaries.
While reiterating that the APC and Sylva has nothing good to offer, Ayah called on young people of Bayelsa State to be careful of the choices they make as it is in the character of Sylva to use and dump them after elections.
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