Bayelsa: APC Running Mate Could Commit Suicide – Sylva Warns

The disqualified running mate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in the recent Bayelsa State governorship election, Senator Biobarakuma Degi Eremienyo may have turned suicidal on account of the blemish to his name by the case, the minister of state, petroleum, Chief Timipire Sylva has said.

Giving a robust rebuttal of the insinuations of forgery levied against Degi-Eremienyo, Sylva, the APC leader in Bayelsa State expressed shock at the Supreme Court judgment which he described as a travesty of justice.

The minister further affirmed that it was shocking that the apex court did not recommend the prosecution of the APC running mate if it really established the case of forgery.

Chief Sylva spoke on Channels Television Sunrise programme on Monday morning.

“I have in my hand somebody that is contemplating suicide, somebody that has been criminalized for life. We feel that there are aspects cannot stand the test of time.”

Affirming that the candidate has requested the police to investigate him to disprove the allegation of forgery, Sylva said that there was no single allegation of forgery leveled against the candidate.

He said the various name changes in the credentials of the candidate were incidental to cultural variations and mistakes that could not be blamed on the candidate.

“Forgery is supposed to be a criminal offence and when you have this kind of situation you have to come out and correct the impression. There was no forgery here at all. There were just variants of the name on the certificate and the Supreme Court went ahead to uphold the judgment of a lower court.

“We are also saying that the Supreme Court has introduced extraneous things to that judgment. That judgment said that the deputy governor had been disqualified, but that judgment did not disqualify the governorship candidate.

“The Supreme Court went ahead and disqualified the governorship candidate. Where did that come before the court because you don’t give what was not asked.”

We are doing everything to ensure that that doesn’t happen. We cannot cut our noses to spite our face. Peace is good for everybody and that is what is holding now.

But that doesn’t take away from the fact that there is some injustice in Bayelsa. A candidate that was roundly  I think that peace is holding.

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