The National Chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun, and his Deputy for the South West, Chief Segun Oni, were the only notable figures in attendance, while others were absent
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While the government had been paying workers in the state civil service till date, the local governments had been in default, arising from liquidity crunch, which informed the decision of the state government to intervene by applying for the bailout fund
The returnees defied a heavy downpour as they thronged the venue of the event, Peace Park, Yenagoa, to show their solidarity and support, describing the APC as a party of impostors
However, the EFCC had been unable to prosecute Sylva on the said offences because of what is believed to be his “solid connection” with some influential citizens in the Presidency
Sources close to the candidate, who gave indications to the latest development on Friday, said both the chiefs and Sylva’s kinsmen in Brass were not too disposed to the advances by the former governor as they gave a three-point condition to ever support the former governor
Oruminghe is believed to be the person behind the protests and Sylva has moved fast to put a stop to it.
Since Sylva named an 80-year-old retired educationist, Wilberforce Igiri, as his running mate, there had been protests at the APC secretariat, allegedly sponsored by Oruminighe, causing face-off between him and the candidate
Alaibe, a former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, announced the withdrawal of his candidacy in a statement on Wednesday
Sylva said in a statement on Wednesday that Oshiomhole was evidently biased in favour of one of the aspirants
The party said in a statement from its Publicity Secretary, Fortune Panebi, in Yenagoa on Friday that delegates were being encouraged to go for the best to brighten the party’s chances
A socio-cultural organization, the Ijaw Youth Vanguard, on Saturday said it would hold a 1000-man march in honour and support…
The apex court also ordered the former governor to pay N500,000 cost to the incumbent governor
The group made spurious and mythical allegations about the former governor’s failure to consult them before moving to APC as their grouse for the seeming about-face
Sylva was, however, quick to described the return of Seibarugu and others to the PDP as part of the right to association
Sylva was to be re-arraigned following fresh evidence linking him with a bouquet of fraudulent transactions that borders on money laundering during his tenure as governor of Bayelsa State between 2009 and 2012
Sylva had, through his counsel, Israel Olorundare (SAN), filed the motion, urging the court to release his documents to enable him travel abroad on health grounds before the end of July
The defence counsel further told the court that the accused person surrendered himself voluntarily to the court in June 2012 when the he was arraigned
Justice A.R. Mohammed, who fixed the date when the suit was mentioned, said June 17 would be used for the hearing of arguments and adoption of addresses
Keyamo told the court that the extension of the order was imperative for the determination of all applications and the safety of the attached properties
Rising from a meeting in Lagos on Wednesday, the Niger Delta leaders through the Chairperson of the Publicity Committee of the Assembly, Ibifuro Tatua, in a statement said Dickson and his collaborators were executing a plan to discredit and hang Sylva
But Sylva has denied Dickson’s position that he left just N4,451 in the state’s coffers