Governor Dickson Radio Broadcast On Violence In Bayelsa

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My dear people,
With the intelligence reaching me, we have reasons to collate all the human right violations and atrocities perpetrated against the law abiding citizens of our state in the guise of conducting an election. Why should people be injured because they support someone else? They are killing people, burning people's houses and these same people perpetrating these acts are the same people the military and the security agents are working with.

I have evidence as to the relationship of these criminal elements with the nation's highest military, security and intelligence services. So they are being used to wage a war against the people of our state and as duly elected governor, it is my duty and solemn responsibility to take steps that will protect our people.

We will collate the facts, summon whoever has to be summoned and make the reports available to all agencies, both local and foreign. People were shot and killed in cold blood in Brass LGA and the perpetrators are going about scot free. Up till this moment, there's no record of any arrest and the security agencies know the people, they know where they are, they are colluding with and protecting them. People went to shoot at Oporoma and killed five people. They know the people who killed the policeman at Famgbe; not even the death of a uniformed man means anything to these people anymore.

What they are focusing on is the forceful take over of Bayelsa State. Is it a crime that we produced a president from this state? Is it a crime that we lost power at the centre and yet we were civil enough to hand over peacefully? And now in Bayelsa State, they are deploying soldiers; there is a 'Major Sani' that is coordinating all these atrocities in Oporoma, I saw him myself today in action.

These are the characters that have been deployed to Bayelsa with a mandate to undermine the security of this state and our country and playing a partisan political role under the guise of law enforcement. That has to be stopped. Reports reaching me from my community leaders states clearly that electoral materials have been forcefully seized by the security forces in

ward 16; the Apoi ward
Olugbobiri - ward 4,
Azuzuama - ward 15
Furupa
Peremabiri -ward 8
Igbomotoru
And as we speak, our youths have resisted the military from taking over these materials in Amassoma to avert them being illegally handed over to the APC for them to run away with. This is what the Nigerian state is doing to its citizens, this is what the Federal government is subjecting our people to.

It's 7:00pm by the time and we are yet to commence the elections in most communities. Is this the new INEC they speak about, the new government of change that Nigerians have?

Bayelsans, you have me here and you can be sure that I will always work with you to protect our best interest.

I want to hear more reports from our people. Keep calling and sending the pictures let us know your complaints and let me assure you that this injustice on our state will not and cannot stand just keep faith.

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Articles by Nwokedi Nworisara