APC Can’t Win Bayelsa Guber Poll – APC Deputy Publicity Secretary

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, has predicted that the crises rocking the party in Bayelsa would prevent his party from winning the gubernatorial election coming up later this year.In an interview with Vanguard, Timi Frank, who is constitutionally empowered to step into the position bequeathed by Lai Mohammed, declared that the arrogance of the party’s flag bearer, Timpre Silva, would hurt the chances of his party in the coming election.Here is the excerpt of the interview: How do you view your party’s chances in Bayelsa given Governor Oshiomhole’s observations on the emergence of your candidate, Timipire Sylva? I am using this opportunity to apologize to Adams Oshiomhole. Baylesans in nature are not like that. We are responsible and credible people. Whatever Adams must have seen during that process I am using this opportunity to say I am sorry to him as a national officer of the party.There are so many persons in Baylesa who are aggrieved just like Timi (Alaibe), so many. But some of them don’t have the opportunity to speak out and are scared which is very dangerous in politics.I can tell you clearly, maybe the arrogance of Sylvia I don’t know, he hasn’t reached out since after the primaries to people like me and not just to me to so many credible Baylesans who took part in the primaries. As I speak some aspirants are still aggrieved within the party. If I tell you there are no issues in Baylesa I am trying to pretend and until these issues are resolved under this short period of time, then I am sorry to say I don’t see my party winning in Baylesa. We can’t win Baylesa when we are fighting ourselves. We can’t win Baylesa when we are afraid to speak. There are issues in Baylesa.What are these issues? Whether we like it or not there is nothing APC can do than to either manage his person at this point in time but I also see he is not helping issues. I expected him to lobby people. I expected him to make peace. I expected him to talk to the party. I expected him to beg the people because he needs the people the people don’t need him. I don’t need Timpre Sylvia as a person.I have to speak for myself and I will say it clearly; I don’t need Sylvia as a person but at this point in time he needs me. He needs my support. He needs my vote. So, he should be the one that should be able to talk to some of us. National officerHe needs to talk to Baylesans. Everyone’s vote is important except he believes that because we are at the centre, we are going to use the centre to rig elections for him so he doesn’t need Baylesans. What really is your grievance with him?(Cuts in) Let me tell you my own grievances with Timpre Sylva today. I will use this opportunity to speak out. Firstly I am a national officer of this party whether by low ranking or by high ranking however anybody wants to see it, I am a national officer. So in my state today if anybody wants to contest for election as a national officer I should be contacted. I should be talking with you whether you like it or not, whether you like my face or not you should be able to reach out.As I speak he doesn’t consult anybody when he wants to take decisions. Recently, when I made an open letter to the president rejecting even the ministerial nominee and I will still tell you whether he becomes minister or not I will continue to kick against his ministerial nomination.Read the full interview here: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/11/with-sylva-weve-lost-bayelsa-timi-frank-apcs-deputy-scribe/