By Bode Olagoke
Abuja
Bayelsa state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has disowned and condemned a group which it tagged Bayelsa APC Elders Forum’ over its ‘complicating’ role in the ongoing crisis between the former governor of the state, Timipre Sylva and the leadership of the party in the state.
In a statement signed by the Secretary of the party in the state, Comrade Daniel Marlin, the party chided the group for its ‘obscure’ action to discredit the Bayelsa state APC and its hard-bitten leadership.
“It has come to our notice that a certain group which calls itself the ‘Bayelsa APC Elders Forum’ have been going to press lately to complicate the ongoing crises in our state. We wish to disown such a group as they are merely a make-shift lot drafted to do the bidding of their paymasters,” the statement read.
Marlin disowned the group saying the those parading themselves as elders of the group are neither recognised by the national leadership of the party nor does the constitution guarding the APC backed up the group.
He said: “This group was absent in all the many battles of the Bayelsa APC, including our difficult embryonic phase when we would have needed such a group going by the sheer elegance of the name they chose to call themselves. The group is also not known to the national leadership of the APC. It is also not backed up by the constitution of our great party the APC.
“It is very curious; a shabby group in levels below obscurity would spring up just to discredit the Bayelsa state APC and its hard-bitten leadership.
“We are in touch with the genuine elders of our party and they have generously offered the advise and wisdom expected of Elders, not this rowdy gang tagging themselves as Elders of Bayelsa APC.”
