The governorship candidate of the All Progressives
Congress in the forthcoming election in Bayelsa
State, Chief Timipre Sylva, has alleged that a senior
officer of the Independent National Electoral
Commission is working for the Peoples Democratic in the state.

The former governor made the allegation on Friday
in a statement by his campaign outfit, the Sylva-Igiri
Campaign Organisation.

Sylva said, “We have been inundated with calls and
reports that a particular senior member of the
commission in the state headquarters is a PDP agent.

This is because of the role the ranking official played
in the last Presidential, National Assembly and House
of Assembly elections, working closely with
appointees of Governor Seriake Dickson.

“While our campaign organisation is irrevocably
committed to ensuring peaceful and credible poll, the electoral body must also purge some of its staff and personnel who are believed to be showing sympathy to the ruling party in the state.”

Sylva, therefore, urged INEC to follow the laid down
rules in the accreditation of election monitors and
observers for the December 5 governorship election
in the state. He said his observation followed the
purported public endorsement of Dickson for
another term by over 400 non-governmental
organisations in the state.