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The former governor of Bayelsa State Timipre Sylva, at the weekend assured members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state that its “sweet family unity boat” is about to sail and use their brooms to sweep away hatred and emperor attitude of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the state.
As such, anybody who does not get on board will be marooned and nobody should make any mistake that the removal of the PDP and its failed administration of incumbent Governor Seriake Dickson is a done deal.
“Go and tell them that the APC boat is loading and it is a boat of unity. If you don’t get on board, you will be marooned,” Sylva warned.
The ex-governor sent out his invitation at the weekend when he formally received back scores of his former aides, including his former deputy Werinipre Seibarogu, into the APC fold in Bayelsa State.
Other dignitaries who moved from PDP into APC at a mini-rally in Yenagoa were two former acting governors, Werinipre Seibarugu and Nestor Binabo, the immediate-past member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Warman Igoriba, a business mogul and owner of N. Sidoni Groups, Hon. Selekaye Victor-Ben, former state representative at Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Orubo and former president of Ijaw Youths Council, Jon Jon Iyonfie.
Sylva declared that lessons learnt from the ordeal that led to his removal as governor will shape APC to unite the various political interests in the state.
He added that ironically, those who participated in his persecution and removal as governor concluded wrongly that he was finished.
In his words, “They never knew I was a tree planted to germinate in another place. They thought they were burying me; they never knew it was a seed they planted. When I became governor, they were fighting me from everywhere, even from Otuoke.
“But the experience has shown that I am like a plantain tree, if they cut me from left, I grow another branch from the right. APC is a sweet family. The message taken from my experiences has shown that APC is out to unite Bayelsa people.
“APC will use the broom to sweep out hatred and emperor attitude of the PDP. APC has come and don’t make mistake, the removal of the PDP and failed administration of Dickson is a done deal.
“Go and tell them that the APC boat is loading and it is a boat of unity. If you don’t get on board, you will be marooned. Do you think we are joking? It is serious business.”
