The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, on Tuesday said it did not endorse the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, for a second term.
Governor Seriake Dickson
In a statement by Jomo Gbomo, the spokesperson of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Tuesday, the group said it did not endorse the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, for a second term, indicating that an earlier statement by one Prince Amaibi Horby, a.k.a General Busta Rhymes, did not emanate from it.
"The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta wishes to dissociate itself from an imposter and self-acclaimed ‘Acting Chairman’ of MEND, going by the name of ‘Prince Amaibi Horby (aka General Busta Rhymes)’ who claims to be speaking for MEND by endorsing Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, for the December 05, 2015 governorship elections.
"This so-called support and endorsement was circulated in some sections of the media on Monday, 23 November 2015.
"MEND wishes to state categorically, that we do not endorse or support Governor Seriake Dickson in a way, shape or form and strongly urges the media to disregard any such statements to the contrary, as it did not emanate from MEND," the group stated.
The group accused Governor Dickson of paying a group of thugs to use the name of MEND to endorse his ambition in a desperate attempt to be re-elected governor of the oil-rich state.