Bayelsa Election: APC's Sylva Pays Visit to PDP's Diri? Fact Emerges

• The claim that Timipre Sylva, the APC candidate in the Bayelsa governorship election, visited Governor Douye Diri after his loss at the poll is false
• Governor Diri, the candidate of the PDP in the election, was seen in the video having a handshake with the former minister
• The caption on the video claimed that the APC candidate made a congratulatory visit to the governor, but a search showed the video was first uploaded online six months before the election

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Yenagoa, Bayelsa - Timipre Sylva, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded governorship election in Bayelsa state, has been seen in a video shaking hands with Douye Diri, the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the poll.

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Persons who shared the video on social media claimed that the APC candidate was congratulating the governor who defeated him in the Saturday, November 11 election.

Diri defeated Sylva in Bayelsa governorship election

Recall that Sylva, who garnered 110,108 votes in the election, lost to Diri, the governor of the state who was re-elected with 175,196 votes.

The video has been gaining reactions on social media after the claim, generating more views and engagements, particularly on Twitter.

A Twitter user captioned the video:

“Chief Timipre Sylva, the candidate of APC, pays congratulatory visit to Governor Douye Diri of PDP. Pls do not die in their war. Imagine those who lost their lives for nothing. Really sad.”

See the video here:

Source of the video where Sylva visited Diri

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After conducting a thorough reverse image search on the alleged congratulatory video, it revealed a TikTok account with the username GbaramatuVoiceTV.

The GbaramatuVoiceTV had posted the video on May 2023, six months before the Bayelsa state governorship election.

According to the GbaramatuVoiceTV, “HE Timipre Sylva attends HE Douye Diri’s father’s burial in Sampou.”

This then revealed that the video was old and was never about the election.

New twist as Tinubu's aide congratulates PDP Diri

Legit.ng earlier reported that President Bola Tinubu's aide, Bayo Onanuga, has congratulated Governor Douye Diri, for being re-elected as the Bayelsa state governorship election.

Onanuga's congratulatory message came shortly after Diri was declared the winner of the election by the INEC returning officer in the state.

Diri, a PDP candidate in the election, defeated his closest rival and an APC candidate, Timipre Sylva, in the poll.

Source: Legit.ng