{"id":97049,"date":"2023-10-06T21:09:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bayelsa-guber-nembe-has-rejected-your-lies-blackmails-apcs-sylva-tells-diri"},"modified":"2023-10-06T23:34:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T22:34:50","slug":"bayelsa-guber-nembe-has-rejected-your-lies-blackmails-apcs-sylva-tells-diri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bayelsa-guber-nembe-has-rejected-your-lies-blackmails-apcs-sylva-tells-diri","title":{"rendered":"Bayelsa guber: Nembe has rejected your lies, blackmails \u2013 APC\u2019s Sylva tells Diri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Bayelsa State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, has told the state governor, Douye Diri, to allow the people of Nembe to breathe, saying the entire community has rejected all the lies he told them on Thursday during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Sylva, speaking through his Special Assistant on Media and Public Affairs, Julius Bokoru, said the governor went to Nembe to campaign for his elusive reelection but could not point at any reasonable projects he executed in the area other than the Unity Bridge that was almost completed before he assumed office.<\/p>\n<p>Sylva, who also hails from Nembe, asked Diri to stop dissipating his energy on Nembe, insisting that no amount of blackmail and desperation would make him win Nembe in the forthcoming poll.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cUnder Diri\u2019s administration, Nembe had been subjected to dehumanisation, rights abuses, neglect and a theatre of war in pursuit of the governor\u2019s selfish interest of winning election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly last month, the Inspector-General of Police\u2019s SWAT team rid Nembe of dangerous criminals, sponsored and inspired, of course by the current occupants of Creek Haven, who turned Opu-Nembe to a dystopian setting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNembe cannot remain the theatre of Governor Diri\u2019s frequent lies and even worse, the playground of his violent games and extreme political ambitions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Bayelsa State Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timipre Sylva, has told the state governor, Douye Diri, to allow the people of Nembe to breathe, saying the entire community has rejected all the lies he told them on Thursday during the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign in the area. 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