Bayelsa poll: Timipre Sylva will defeat Douye Diri, others to become governor – Youth group declares

A Youths’ movement under the auspices of the Bayelsa New Generation Leaders (BNGL) has boasted that the immediate past minister of state for petroleum resources, Timipre Sylva, would win by a wide margin in the November 11 governorship poll in the state.

The director general of the movement, Bodmas Kemepadei, made this known at the weekend during the formation of grassroots coordinators for the All Progressives Congress (APC) across the local government areas of the state.

Kemepadei said that the BNGL, a socio-political organisation comprising mostly youths cutting across the various communities, wards, and LGAs in the state, had re-echoed victory for Timipre Sylva, the APC gubernatorial candidate in the coming election.

He noted that their stand that Sylva would sweep the poll was informed by their consultative meetings and visits to various youths and other stakeholders managing different communities’ structures capable of influencing votes at the grassroots level.

Kemepadei stated that most structures of the other parties at the various ward levels had collapsed to the APC.

He noted that the opposition’s hope of holding Yenagoa LGA which seemed to be its last hope had become a dark shadow dream as most of its structures were crumbling.

Kemepadei also noted that he believed that Sylva would consolidate his achievements as Governor and build on the legacies of others as government is a continuum.

He, however, appealed to the electorate not to be deceived by meagre appointments and sweet-coated tongues from the opposition.

He advised the appointed LGA coordinators to open a channel of communication with the electorate at the various ward levels.

In his remarks, the Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA coordinator, Comrade Woyingimiebi Uge, commended the Director General for the lofty ideas that culminated in the formation of grassroots coordinators.

He reaffirmed the coordinators’ commitment to pursue Sylva/MacIver’s mandate at the grassroots level and expressed confidence in APC’s victory at the forthcoming poll.

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