A former governor and leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva has accused the state Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, of hatching plots to put him (Sylva) on a collision course with key state actors in the Presidency. In a statement signed by his media aide, Julius Bokoru and made available to DAILY POST on Wednesday, Sylva said he had learnt that Dickson’s precise method was to sponsor with state resources, journalists in the mainstream media and content providers on the social media, to write damning stories against some key figures of the presidency. He said that “Abba Kyari, the Chief of Staff to the President, is named as a particular target in this fake news campaign.” The former governor added that, “The mercenaries responsible for this structured campaign of fake news would then leave artificial traces linking the stories to Sylva. “What is most surprising here is not the fact that Dickson can cook up a plot as treacherou...