Ahead of the De­cember 5, 2015 governorship elec­tion in Bayelsa state, the Movement for the Eman­cipation of the Niger Del­ta, MEND has distanced itself from a purported endorsement of the in­cumbent governor, Henry Seriake Dickson.

It would be recalled that a faction of MEND, in a statement signed by its acting chairman in Rivers State, Prince Amaibi Horby, popularly known as ‘General Busta Rhymes’, and 12 others had endorsed Dickson for the said poll.

The group also said it would mobilize 500 of its members to monitor the gov­ernorship poll in that state.

But in a statement is­sued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, MEND spokes­man, Jomo Gbomo dis­sociated the group from the said endorsement, de­scribing the Prince Horby -led group as impostors.

MEND also alleged that Governor Dickson had paid some thugs to use its group name to endorse him in a ‘desperate bid to be re-elected’.

The statement reads, “The Movement for the Emancipation of the Ni­ger Delta, MEND, wishes to dissociate itself from an impostor 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 gover­nosrship elections. This so-called support and en­dorsement was circulated in some sections of the media on Monday, 23 No­vember 2015.

“The Movement for the Emancipation of the Ni­ger Delta, 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.

“As far as we know, Gov­ernor Seriake Dickson, in his desperation to be re-elected as Governor of Bayelsa State, has paid a group of thugs to use our group’s name to endorse his ambition,” it said.

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