Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Monday said it is an
insult to the integrity of public institutions and to the people of
the state to say that a governorship election held in the state on
November 16.
He said apart from the alleged conspiracy of security agents
that marred the exercise, the violence unleashed on the people of
the state left scores either killed or injured.
“The reality in Bayelsa is that there was no election. It is an
insult to the integrity of institutions and our people to refer to
what happened on November 16 as an election,” Dickson told
journalists in Abuja.
The governor alleged that those who perpetrated the fraud
arrived the state with already prepared result sheets and were
given security cover to and fro the locations where they were
camped.
He claimed that electoral officers only known to leaders of the
All Progressives Congress were “carefully selected” for the
state.
The governor also decried the violence which he said was
unleashed on supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Nembe, a
few days to the election.
At the moment, he said 12 people have been reported killed and
93 injured and currently hospitalised as a result of the bloody
attack.
Dickson, who expressed the fear that the casualty figure was
more than that, said he had set up a committee to ascertain the
figure.
He added, “From hospitals’ records, we can for now account for
93 people, who were injured during the attack on the PDP supporters
in Nembe and are currently receiving treatments in hospitals.
“At least 12 people died from that attack on the PDP
supporters.”
In some of the communities, Dickson said INEC moved electoral
materials to deserted places where militants allegedly took over
and wrote results.
“The story is the same in Southern Ijaw. Some SPOs have already
approached us that they are ready to tell the story of how they
were not allowed to do their jobs,” he added.
He said he would continue to speak on the need for the
neutrality and professionalism of the military.
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