The Bayelsa State Government and a former governor of the state, Timipre Sylva, are locked in a war of words over the security situation in Twon Brass, in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa state.

Sylva, in a press statement, signed by his Media Officer, Doifie Buokoribo, on Sunday, alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Bayelsa State Government wanted to destabilise Brass council by imposing curfew and attacking APC supporters.

Sylva, who also claimed that there were plans to launch a campaign of calumny against him in the media sponsored by the PDP, advised Governor Dickson to be “more imaginative and pay more attention to alleviating the suffering of Bayelsans.”

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