Sylva Dares Jonathan, Threatens To Release Sensitive Documents
Written by Donald Ojogo, Regional Editor, South-South Saturday, 03 December 2011
In an apparent daring move, embattled governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva, may have secretly de-classified very sensitive government documents to sway public sympathy that his widely reported non-performance was not his own doing after all.
Impeccable sources claimed that the move was targeted at his predecessor, who is now president, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, who is widely believed to have propped up the winner of the recent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primaries in the state, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson.
Sylva, who was disqualified by PDP National Headquarters from the party's nomination process, is already in court challenging the decision, even as speculations are rife that the ruffled governor is weighing various other options.
But the governor has described the report as another desperate attempt by his opponents to further widen the gap between him and the president.
According to a source, who spoke to our correspondent, the governor, though far away in Abuja since his ordeal reached a certain level, has allegedly directed that some very sensitive documents he inherited from Jonathan be clandestinely deposited in the public domain.
"In the next few days, you will know the real persons who impoverished the state before Sylva came on board; you just wait and see because all the noise about non-performance of the governor has to be put in their proper perspectives for the public to know whether or not Sylva meant well for the state when he assumed office in 2007.
"The young man came into office with very high zeal and vision for the state but what he met on ground was very appalling, I mean, the huge debt burden as a result of so many contracts that underwent variations, some in controversial manners.
"So, when people begin to open their mouth and say Sylva did not perform, they are living in a world of ignorance, because they do not know what is happening; maybe, they need to know some very classified details," he stated.
It could not be confirmed whether the continuous advertorials in some national dailies (Nigerian Tribune not included) by Sylva's Adviser on Security, Perekeme Richard-Kpodoh, had some connections with the governor's latest move against his predecessor, but it was gathered that such documents to be made available include sensitive Executive Council memos and approvals made in respect of some capital projects as well as subsequent variations made therein.
Meanwhile, Sylva's Chief of Staff, Sam Ogbuku, State Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON), Hon. Tiwei Oruminighe and another top aide of the governor have fled the state as the heat on their principal gets tougher.
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