Ben Murray Bruce not eligible says the Gubernatorial Screening Appeal Committee of PDP

Silverbird chairman, Ben Murray Bruce, was yesterday screened out of the Bayelsa governorship race by the Gubernatorial Screening Appeal Committee of the PDP in Bayelsa State, for possessing dual citizenship.

According To LIB, The committee only cleared three candidates; Youpele Kalango, Christopher Enai and Henry Seriake Dickson as eligible candidates to contest in the upcoming Guber election.

The panel also excluded the name of current governor of the state, Timipre Sylva, for allegedly operating foreign accounts.

President of the Silverbird Group, Mr Ben Murray Bruce joined the Bayelsa Governorship Race

The President of the Silverbird Group, Mr Ben Murray Bruce has joined the Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission [NDDC] and Special Adviser to the President on the Niger Delta, Mr Timi Alaibe in the Bayelsa state 2012 governorship race.

Bruce, President of the Silverbird Television and Rhythm FM was said to have collected his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms over the weekend.