Former acting Governor of Bayelsa State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nestor Binabo, has alleged threat to his life by Governor Seriake Dickson.
Binabo, a former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, who spoke on Monday in Yenagoa, alleged that Dickson while addressing Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) at the Banquet Hall of Government House, Yenagoa, declared that he (Binabo) was his greatest enemy in Sagbama Local Government Area.
Both Binabo, a leader of the APC in the state, and Dickson, are from the same Sagbama Local Government Area of the state.
Binabo was the acting governor when Dickson won the governorship election in 2012 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party.
But the Dickson’s campaign organisation has denied Binabo’s allegation, describing it as wicked.
The governor’s campaign team in a statement on Monday by its Director of Publicity, Jonathan Obuebite, stated that there was no time Dickson addressed any gathering where he threatened that “Nestor Binabo was his greatest enemy as alleged.”
It said that any imputation to link the governor to such allegation was not only wicked but callous political orchestration which should be condemned.
It stated that Dickson was not the convectional politician who trades in lies or engages in needles propaganda and blackmail to score cheap political points.
Rather, the campaign team said, Dickson would use his time to campaign on issues that would enhance the wellbeing of the electorate.
But Binabo said he decided to cry out following attacks on APC leaders in the state by suspected thugs of the PDP which had already claimed the life of an APC stalwart and left many others injured.
“Dickson said that an Okunbiri man who has joined the APC is his greatest enemy in Sagbama. Everybody knows that l am from Okunbiri, close to Dickson’s community in Sagbama. I am an APC stalwart and since l joined APC, Dickson has been after me.
“This is the second time he is declaring me his arch enemy. I don’t know what he meant by declaring me his arch enemy. First of all I handed power over to him. I conducted a peaceful election and spent the resources to make him a governor. So, I don’t see why Governor Seriake Dickson sees me as his arch enemy.
“It is not a surprise to me at all, as a former Deputy Speaker, a Speaker, and an acting governor of this state having moved to APC and more so from his own local government, he knows he has failed. And I think that is the primary reason he has continuously declared me his arch enemy”, he said.
Binabo said it was a matter of serious concern for a governor who is also the Chief Security Officer of a state to publicly threaten a defenceless and armless citizen.
“The world knows that when a governor publicly declare somebody his enemy, it raises a lot of concern. Dickson is the chief security officer. He has all the security; he has all the bad boys, the so-called volunteer service of this state.
“So, I would not pretend to say that my life is in danger. I have said it sometime ago when my wife was kidnapped. I accused the government and now that there is a public declaration that I am his enemy, I am also afraid of my life”, he said.
Binabo said the alleged threats from the governor would not deter him from supporting the APC and working for the victory of the party’s candidate, Timipre Sylva.
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