DICKSON LIED AGAINST ME - SYLVA

Former Governor and the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives congress in Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva has refuted the allegation by the incumbent Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, that he plunged Bayelsa state into debts.

In a statement made public, through his former chief of staff, Chief Samuel Ogbuku.

The statement read as follows:

"Now, the government of Jonathan was owing contractors N111 billion and, by the time I was leaving, debts to contractors were about N207 billion. I inherited a debt of N111 billion and what Dickson inherited from me was N207 billion contractors’ debts. In my first year in government, I received N99 billion from the Federation Account. The first  year Dickson came, he received N191 billion. Second year I received N154 billion, Dickson received N215 billion. The third year I received N106 billion, Dickson received N156 billion. So what is he talking about?"