{"id":44811,"date":"2015-12-12T14:56:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T13:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=44811"},"modified":"2015-12-12T14:56:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-12T13:56:34","slug":"bayelsa-polls-buhari-shuns-sylva-condemns-violence-fraud-may-probe-security-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/bayelsa-polls-buhari-shuns-sylva-condemns-violence-fraud-may-probe-security-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayelsa Polls: Buhari shuns Sylva, Condemns Violence, Fraud; May Probe security Failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in<br \/>\nBayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva to have audience with President<br \/>\nMuhammadu Buhari was rebuffed <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_152538410\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Thursday<\/span><\/span>, sources told Pointblanknews.com<\/p>\n<p>Security operatives at the Presidential Villa, were said to have denied<br \/>\nSylva access to the President who is said to be unhappy over the security<br \/>\nfailures and loss of lives during the Bayelsa Governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>Sources told Pointblanknews.com that President Buhari condemned the<br \/>\nelectoral fraud and violence that rocked the Bayelsa governorship<br \/>\nelection.<\/p>\n<p>According to a source, &#8220;Security operatives at the villa acted as a result<br \/>\nof the disposition of the President to the reported reign of terror,<br \/>\nmayhem and violence unleashed on voters during the rescheduled<br \/>\ngovernorship election in Southern Ijaw LGA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>An impeccable source within the Presidency stated that, President Buhari<br \/>\nwas not happy with the APC in Bayelsa State and its governorship<br \/>\ncandidate, Chief Timipre Sylva over the reported pockets of violence<br \/>\nduring the rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw LGA.<\/p>\n<p>The President\u2019s anger, according to an inside source is coming on the<br \/>\nheels of the wide-spread condemnation of the conduct of the APC members in<br \/>\nlast weekend\u2019s governorship election in the State, especially in Southern<br \/>\nIjaw LGA, where no fewer than five persons lost their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said that Buhari was also not happy with Chief Sylva for deceiving<br \/>\nand hoodwinking the leadership of the APC at the national level of his<br \/>\npopularity to hand him the governorship ticket of the party, when what is<br \/>\non the ground was different.<\/p>\n<p>The source stated,\u201d Mr. President is angry over the overwhelming criticism<br \/>\nand condemnation of the process by the international observers, who did<br \/>\nnot mince words in describing the poll as a rape of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the observers are already seeing the APC led federal government<br \/>\nas incapable and lacking the capacity to conduct a free, fair and credible<br \/>\nelection in a State as small as Bayelsa. What happened in Southern Ijaw<br \/>\nwas totally against every acceptable global democratic norm and practice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On the alleged ignoble role played by some top military brass, our source<br \/>\nindicated that, heads may roll as the presidency has called for<br \/>\ninvestigations of the allegation leveled against these officers.<\/p>\n<p>It was revealed that, the President felt highly embarrassed by the<br \/>\ninability of the security agencies to provide a conducive environment\u00a0 for<br \/>\nthe conduct of peaceful and credible election in Bayelsa State.<\/p>\n<p>Both local and international observers had widely condemned the action of<br \/>\nthe army and other security personnel, who, according to reports, openly<br \/>\naided armed thugs of the APC to hijack materials and INEC ad-hoc staff in<br \/>\na desperate bid to rig the election in Southern Ijaw LGA, which led to the<br \/>\ncancellation of the exercise in the area.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Efforts by the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva to have audience with President Muhammadu Buhari was rebuffed on Thursday, sources told Pointblanknews.com Security&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bayelsa Polls: Buhari shuns Sylva, Condemns Violence, Fraud; 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