Bayelsa Election: Labour Party Governorship Candidate Reveals How He Was Backstabbed

A few days prior to the Bayelsa state governor’s race, Udengs Eradiri, the Labour Party’s nominee, charged the state’s party hierarchy of receiving payments from Duoye Diri, the governor of River State.

The party’s gubernatorial candidate made this accusation in an interview with Arise TV, saying that the state leadership of the party had accepted a bribe of N100 million from the state governor.

 “Just yesterday, they did a press conference after collecting N100 million from the governor, the sharing formula started creating problems,” Eradiri in the interview with Arise TV said.

He said that the enormous amount was received by the party’s state chairman, “N100 million and said he sent N50 million to the national, though the national has denied it, and then the sharing of the other N50 million started bringing arguments.”

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He also said that the state leadership of the party had asked for money before agreeing to accompany him on campaign visits.

His remarks coincide with the state getting closer to the governorship race scheduled on November 11. While Governor Diri is running for reelection, Timipre Sylva, the former governor of Bayelsa state, is hoping to win another four-year term. Timipre Sylva presently represents the ruling All Progressives Congress in elections.