The former governor of
Bayelsa State, Chief
Timipre Sylva, Saturday,
said he (Sylva)
performed far more than
Jonathan’s tenure given
the challenges he faced
in office as the governor
of the Niger Delta state.
Reacting to President
Goodluck Jonathan’s
comment at the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP)
campaign rally Saturday
in Yenagoa in which he
(Jonathan) cited the
stoning of the former
governor and the Five
Star Tower Hotel project
as monument of disgrace,
Chief Sylva said it was
the same President
Jonathan that came back
and spoke glowingly of
his achievement at the
January primaries of the
party.
Chief Sylva in a
statement issued by his
media aide, Doifie Ola,
described as barefaced
lie and a
misrepresentation of
open facts the President
claim that the Five Star
Hotel had been the way
he (Jonathan) left it.
He challenged the
President “to tell the
world how much he
(Jonathan) paid the
contractor and how much
Sylva has paid the
contractor.”
The statement reads,
“Timipre Sylva has read
with utter dismay some
statements credited to
the President, Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan, at the
Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) campaign rally on
Friday, 03 February in
Yenagoa.
“Two things stand out in
the President’s speech.
He talked about a stoning
incident in Yenagoa that
he watched with pleasure
and the Tower Hotel
project in Yenagoa that
was conceptualised by
the Government of Chief
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha,
which Jonathan took over
as Governor of Bayelsa
State and passed on to
Sylva as Governor.
“The stoning in Yenagoa
happened during the
president’s visit and it
was widely believed to
have been arranged by a
few misguided elements,
which with the backing of
Mr. President, had used
the presidential security
to subvert the security
of the state on purpose
to embarrass Governor
Sylva. Sponsors of the
incident had tried to deny
their involvement and
present the event as
indicative of the
governor’s non-
performance.
The world now knows
better, of course.
Everyone is now
perfectly well aware of
the mastermind of that
insult on the Ijaw nation.
“But let us state that it
was not the governor
who was disgraced by
the stoning. Instead, it
was the president
himself. Now, if stoning is
a yardstick for non-
performance, are we also
right to say that the
burning down of Mr.
President’s house in
2007, in the run-up to
that year’s general
elections, was also an act
of rejection by the people
of the state? A lot of
people believed that the
burning of his house and
the action of militants in
2007 were an expression
of rejection. Is Mr.
President now confirming
that wide belief?
“In addition, can we also
say that the stoning of
President Jonathan in
May last year in Uganda
was a global act of
rejection? Besides, it was
after the stoning incident
in Yenagoa in late 2010
that Mr. President came
back to Yenagoa, raised
the hand of Sylva, and
spoke glowingly about his
achievements, saying he
has performed
excellently well and that
the people of Bayelsa
should vote him into
office.
“It was after the stoning
that he came back and
voted in the January
2011 PDP governorship
primaries and gave a
glowing report of Sylva’s
performance. So what
suddenly changed from
January 2011 to later
that year when President
Jonathan manipulated all
the institutions of state,
including the armed and
security forces, the
judiciary and critical
organs of democracy like
the political parties, in full
cry, leaving the security
and economic challenges
which he faced, to
embark on OPERATION
REMOVE SYLVA as the
sole mandate which the
people of Nigeria gave to
him?“Didn’t Jonathan
know there was a stoning
incident when he came to
say Governor Sylva
should be voted in
January?”
Bayelsa State, Chief
Timipre Sylva, Saturday,
said he (Sylva)
performed far more than
Jonathan’s tenure given
the challenges he faced
in office as the governor
of the Niger Delta state.
Reacting to President
Goodluck Jonathan’s
comment at the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP)
campaign rally Saturday
in Yenagoa in which he
(Jonathan) cited the
stoning of the former
governor and the Five
Star Tower Hotel project
as monument of disgrace,
Chief Sylva said it was
the same President
Jonathan that came back
and spoke glowingly of
his achievement at the
January primaries of the
party.
Chief Sylva in a
statement issued by his
media aide, Doifie Ola,
described as barefaced
lie and a
misrepresentation of
open facts the President
claim that the Five Star
Hotel had been the way
he (Jonathan) left it.
He challenged the
President “to tell the
world how much he
(Jonathan) paid the
contractor and how much
Sylva has paid the
contractor.”
The statement reads,
“Timipre Sylva has read
with utter dismay some
statements credited to
the President, Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan, at the
Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) campaign rally on
Friday, 03 February in
Yenagoa.
“Two things stand out in
the President’s speech.
He talked about a stoning
incident in Yenagoa that
he watched with pleasure
and the Tower Hotel
project in Yenagoa that
was conceptualised by
the Government of Chief
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha,
which Jonathan took over
as Governor of Bayelsa
State and passed on to
Sylva as Governor.
“The stoning in Yenagoa
happened during the
president’s visit and it
was widely believed to
have been arranged by a
few misguided elements,
which with the backing of
Mr. President, had used
the presidential security
to subvert the security
of the state on purpose
to embarrass Governor
Sylva. Sponsors of the
incident had tried to deny
their involvement and
present the event as
indicative of the
governor’s non-
performance.
The world now knows
better, of course.
Everyone is now
perfectly well aware of
the mastermind of that
insult on the Ijaw nation.
“But let us state that it
was not the governor
who was disgraced by
the stoning. Instead, it
was the president
himself. Now, if stoning is
a yardstick for non-
performance, are we also
right to say that the
burning down of Mr.
President’s house in
2007, in the run-up to
that year’s general
elections, was also an act
of rejection by the people
of the state? A lot of
people believed that the
burning of his house and
the action of militants in
2007 were an expression
of rejection. Is Mr.
President now confirming
that wide belief?
“In addition, can we also
say that the stoning of
President Jonathan in
May last year in Uganda
was a global act of
rejection? Besides, it was
after the stoning incident
in Yenagoa in late 2010
that Mr. President came
back to Yenagoa, raised
the hand of Sylva, and
spoke glowingly about his
achievements, saying he
has performed
excellently well and that
the people of Bayelsa
should vote him into
office.
“It was after the stoning
that he came back and
voted in the January
2011 PDP governorship
primaries and gave a
glowing report of Sylva’s
performance. So what
suddenly changed from
January 2011 to later
that year when President
Jonathan manipulated all
the institutions of state,
including the armed and
security forces, the
judiciary and critical
organs of democracy like
the political parties, in full
cry, leaving the security
and economic challenges
which he faced, to
embark on OPERATION
REMOVE SYLVA as the
sole mandate which the
people of Nigeria gave to
him?“Didn’t Jonathan
know there was a stoning
incident when he came to
say Governor Sylva
should be voted in
January?”
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