Bayelsa: Diri and Sylva trade words as governorship candidates sign peace accord

Ahead of the November 11,Governorship election, the Bayelsa State Governor and candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Saturday’s governorship election in the state, Senator Douye Diri and the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Timipre Sylva, have continued to trade accusations over alleged plans to perpetrate violence and stockpiling of arms during the election.

Governor Diri and Sylva immediately after signing the peace accord alongside candidates of other relatively unknown Political parties in Yenagoa on Wednesday, organized by the National Peace Committee chaired by the former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (Rtd), began to trade accusations of violence shortly after embracing each other.