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Yekini Nabena, a former deputy spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says his party will win the forthcoming Bayelsa governorship election by a landslide.

In a statement on Monday, Nabena said the alleged propaganda by Douye Diri, governor of Bayelsa, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not work against the APC.

The former spokesperson said the national leadership of the party, and Heineken Lokpobiri, minister of state for petroleum resources, are “solidly” behind Timipre Sylva, APC governorship candidate in Bayelsa.

“We will not be distracted because we are fully aware how desperate the incumbent governor Douye Diri has become, therefore employing all manners of tactics including propaganda and lies just to cause confusion,” he said.

“But sadly for the PDP, it is just too late because Bayelsans have made up their minds to sack the under-developer of an oil rich state.

“For the benefit of doubt, the attached pictures will tell doubters that the minister of state for petroleum, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, and the 2019 governorship candidate, David Lyon, most recently held a strategic meeting with our candidate in the presence of our national chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, where everyone recommitted themselves and massive mobilisation has since began.

“We, however, sympathise with the restless Governor Diri and his camp for acting too late, bearing in mind that their days are numbered in the Bayelsa state government House.

“We urge all our party members, supporters and Bayelsans in general to remain calm, expectant of landslide victory and disregard lies suggesting cracks in our camp.”

The election is scheduled for November 11.