Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, southsouth Nigeria remained calm and quiet Friday after the Supreme Court sacked Chief Timipre Sylva, the state governor along with four other state governors.
However, an activist has called for the immediate arrest of Governor Sylva.
Dr. John Idumange, a lecturer at the Niger Delta University and Deputy President, Niger Delta Integrity Group and human rights activist who is also a strident critic of Sylva, in his reaction to the Supreme Court ruling, said he would be surprised if Sylva is not arrested immediately in Abuja, Port Harcourt or Yenagoa to answer for the numerous allegations against him.
He accused the Governor of frittering away the resources of the state and superintending a state that has remained backward since he came to power as governor.
Idumange said that it is both morally and politically wrong for Sylva to be jostling to be re-elected as governor.
He said: “It would be a surprising to me if he is not arrested in Abuja, Port Harcourt or Yenagoa because of the allegations of monumental fraud and extra-Judicial killings and his threat that if he was excluded in the governorship race, he would import Boko Haram to bomb oil facilities and would kill the first families of the country and a former Commissioner of Health in the state.”
He said that that the campaign by Bayelsans for regime change has been on for about two years ago.
He promised that not even a fire cracker would be thrown or bomb exploded in the state now that he is out power because the sponsor of such is out of the way.
The lecturer activist said that President Jonathan should be commended for not interfering in his own state politics, even when there have been sponsored campaigns of calumny against his person in media adverts and sponsored articles .
He wants Sylva to answer all the allegations of fraud, extra-judicial killings and sponsoring political violence in state.
Governor Sylva has been accused of allegedly threatening to kill President Goodluck Jonathan and other members of the first family.
Though he had denied the allegations, he may have been under surveillance by security operatives who may be waiting for him to lose his immunity before they arrest him.
Besides the tussle over who becomes the PDP Governorship candidate between him and Seriake Henry Dickson, the sacked governor has a date with the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and other security agencies in connection with alleged cases of extra-judicial killings in the state.
He accused the Governor of frittering away the resources of the state and superintending a state that has remained backward since he came to power.
Idumange said that it is both morally and politically wrong for Sylva to be jostling to be re-elected as governor.
He said that that the campaign by Bayelsans for regime change has been on for about two years now.
Idumange promised that not even a fire cracker would be thrown or bomb exploded in the state now that he is out of power.
Meanwhile, Sylva’s supporters said that the Sylva camp has taken the judgement in good faith, but warned that PDP and Seriake Dickson should not celebrate yet because the Governor’s political structures are intact, with all members of the state and National Assembly being in his camp.
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