A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Ndutimi Alaibe, has denied sending fake bank alerts to PDP delegates to buy their votes ahead of the party’s primary on Tuesday.
In a statement sent to Igbere TV on Monday, secretary of the Alaibe Campaign Organisation, Prof. Seiyefa Brisibe, described the allegation as ‘criminal’.
Brisibe said the chairman of the PDP in Bayelsa, Cleopas Moses, had in a statement on Monday made the allegation against Alaibe and another aspirant, Kenebi Okoko.
“As a campaign organisation, we find it difficult to believe that this extremely criminal allegation is coming from the chairman of PDP in Bayelsa State,” Brisibe began.
“We assume that there is a mistake somewhere. How would any reasonable person wake up to utter this kind of evil allegation against responsible fellow human beings?
“While we allow our lawyers to study the legal implications of this obviously irresponsible and careless allegation, we need to state that there is no truth in it whatsoever. The burden is on those making the allegation to provide evidence when the time comes.
“We believe this is dirty politics taken too far. Someone does not need to go to this extreme just to win an election. This allegation is an equivalent of bloodshed for the sake of politics and must not be ignored by those whose responsibility it is to ensure that it doesn’t happen.”
Brisibe also said that the allegation would not be ignored.
“He has a name to protect and will not allow anybody to soil that name. The law must take its course. This is a deliberate falsehood that must be challenged,” he said.
Alaibe had on Saturday said there was no rift between him and Governor Seriake Dickson.
It is alleged that the governor is not in support of Alaibe’s governorship ambition.
