Just as the PDP and Governor Seriake Dickson have called for the stoppage of the rescheduled governorship election in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa state, the APC governorship candidate has said that “following widespread violence, security breaches and election manipulation that were carried out by Governor Seriake Dickson and his party the PDP, in parts of Bayelsa State during last Saturday’s Governorship election, the Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organisation hereby calls for the cancellation of results from Ekeremor and Sagbama Local Government Areas of the State.”
The APC in a statement by Chief Nathan Egba, Director, Media & Publicity, Sylva-Igiri Campaign organization It is now a well known fact that “over one thousand armed men suspected to have been imported from Delta and Rivers States by Gov. Dickson stormed Ekeremor community where they unleashed terror on the entire community from the wee hours of election day for many hours before they were repelled by the army, only for them to return in the evening
when results were about to be collated.
“The gun men we suspect were hired for the sole purpose of assassinating the Hon. Minister for State, Agriculture, Sen. Heineken Lokpobri as they launched a sustained attack on his residence with
grenade, dynamite and gunshots for hours before the army repelled them. He was very lucky to have survived that night as they returned in the evening to continue till they were again repelled by the army.
“But in the meantime, they had carted away sensitive election materials to manipulate in favour of PDP and returned for collation.
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