Sylva Will Win The Poll, As The People Of Bayelsa Goes To The Ballot Come December 5th - Pollsters

A non-governmental organisation, Election Frontline, has insisted that former Governor Timipre Sylva, will beat the incumbent Governor, Seriake Dickson, in this Saturday’s governorship poll in Bayelsa State.
Sylva is the candidate for the All Progressives Congress while Dickson is flying the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The Survey Administrator, Election Frontline, MacPepple Joshua, in a survey result released last week, predicted Sylva’s victory over Dickson.
But Dickson had described the survey as fake, noting that the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The governor, who made his position through his campaign organisation, the Restoration Campaign Organisation, had claimed that the survey team was made up of APC card-carrying members led by MacPepple Joshua.

He had said, “Obviously sponsored by the APC leadership, the so called Election Frontline simply sat in Lagos and wrote its report which unfortunately alluded that the APC governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva, would win the election.
“Ordinarily, this unfounded opinion poll should not merit a reaction from either the PDP or the Restoration campaign Organization, but we have decided to succinctly react to the falsehood, propaganda and blackmail of the APC pollsters to set the record straight before Nigerians and the international community.
” It is instructive to note that this same survey experts had predicted that the same Sylva who was Bayelsa East senatorial candidate of the APC in the 2015 general election would win but he lost woefully to Senator Ben Murray-Bruce of the PDP and this is one of the reasons why people must discard this latest survey by the discredited Election Frontline!”

He had said the majority of Bayelsans had spoken in clear terms that they would re-elect him (Governor Dickson) to consolidate on peace, prosperity, development and security of Bayelsa State.
But the Election Frontline, which claimed the group was non-partisan, said in a statement on Sunday that Dickson would lose even in the Government House at the poll due to disenchantment by workers in the state.
The group said, “In the government’s reaction in the media, the current administration attempted to discredit the truly independent poll by saying it was sponsored by the opposition APC.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Election Frontline is not a political NGO and our members remain non-partisan.
“In our survey, we clearly recognized that the PDP is still very rooted in Bayelsa State being a party that has been in power since 1999. The findings of the survey, however, said the election will not be decided based on the strength of the various political parties but on certain ingredients of democratic principles bordering on the socio-economic development of the people.
“We, hereby stand by the result of our survey and that even staff in the Bayelsa State Government House including attached security men will rather vote for the APC than returning the incumbent Governor, who has impoverished them with no cut-out welfare package for them.”