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Posted By Pat PA Okon Members of various non-governmental organisations and civil society groups in Bayelsa State, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in some parts of the state. Comrade Toitoi Newton of the Grassroots For Development, who led the protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yenagoa, told journalists that the CSOs demand a cancellation of the purported results from Constituency 4 in Southern Ijaw council and Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe council where election materials were carted away. According to Comrade Newton, elections did not hold in the seven wards of Nembe-Bassambiri due to the violence orchestrated by political thugs aided by security personnel deployed in the community. He said the people were disenfranchisised as they were chased away from their communities on the day of the election. Comrade Stephen Seleke of the Advocacy for Peace also said anything ...

Posted By Pat PA Okon The people of Twon-Brass have called on the Acting Inspector General of Police to swiftly commence the investigation of the assault on the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Federal SARS, Kola Okunola, by APC thugs in Twon-Brass which occurred on Saturday 23rd February 2019, and bring the perpetrators to book. The leadership of the community who registered their dissatisfaction, gross displeasure and regret at this heinous act stated that the officer was not seen with, neither was he carting away with electoral materials as alleged by some media reports. Elections were already over in Twon Brass, Brass LGA at the time the police officer, the Military officer and some Officials arrived. The Police Officer did not even leave the jetty area on his arrival where he was attacked. The attackers are all known. They are all boys from Twon Brass, APC members and followers of former governor Timipre Sylva and Hon. Sunny Israel-Goli( AKA Adi). The fake r...

Posted By Tony Okechukwu Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson,  has constituted a Judicial Commission of inquiry into the violence and mayhem which took place in some parts of the state before,  during and after the presidential and National Assembly elections. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, on Wednesday, Justice Inikade  Eradiri  will serve as Chairman of the commission while Dr. Richard Ogbe is the secretary.  Other members are DCP.  Felicia Olisah (Rtd), CSP  Church-ere Komonibo (Rtd) and Archbishop Jacob Akpiri. The statement further indicated that Prof. O.  F.  Emiri will serve as counsel to the commission.

Posted By Pa PA Okon ....Says Buhari Lacks Powers To Deploy Soldiers For Election The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cautions the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, to refrain himself from acts or actions that will suggest in any way that the military has become an arm of a political party. The PDP says Gen. Buratai’s allusion to the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, as well as his threats to officers and ranks to execute the unlawful order by President Muhammadu Buhari to participate in the electoral process is an aberration of our laws and a recipe for crisis. The PDP states that Atiku Abubakar spoke on the side of the law and wishes of Nigerians and cannot be intimidated by any body no matter how highly placed. Gen. Buratai is counseled to note that the loyalty of the military is to the state and that the President lacks the powers, under our laws, to deploy soldiers for the conduct of elections. Our party urges Gen Buratai to concentrate on his very deman...

Posted By Tony Okechukwu Nigeria’s Former President and Chairman of The Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF), Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated  Governor Henry Seriake Dickson and the people of Bayelsa State over the completion of the Bayelsa International Airport and the event of the maiden flight to the airport.  In a congratulatory letter to the Governor, Dr. Jonathan stated that the it was a thing of joy that the project which was conceived by late Diepreye  Almesesigha’s administration came to fruition under Mr. Dickson’s tenure. He noted that the project signified the fulfillment of  the  collective dream of the People of Bayelsa State in this regard,  adding that it would enhance the socio-economic prospects of the State and the Niger Delta. The former President said: "Your commitment towards transforming our State through key infrastructural development, such as this, is commendable."  He further commended Governor Dickson on the la...

Posted By Tony Okechukwu President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar on Wednesday joined other candidates to sign the second 2019 National Peace Accord in Abuja. The Presidential election comes up on Saturday 16th of February, 2019. Buhari and Atiku urged for free, fair and non-violent elections. While stressing that the Independent National Electoral Commission and the security agencies have given their words in readiness to conduct free and fair elections, he urged the youths not to allow themselves to be used for violence. Noting that there is fear towards the election just like any other elections, he urged Nigerians to pray for Nigeria as it goes into the elections. The President also said that the only real party is Nigeria and that elections are only important to the extent to which they make Nigeria strong. Atiku again appealed to INEC and the security agencies to ensure free, fair elections. He r...

Posted By Tony Okechukwu The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, have arrived at the International Conference Center in Abuja for the second signing of the National Peace Accord. In attendance is the former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar; Bishop Mathew Kukah, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Patricia Scotland among other members of the National Peace Accord Committee. Buhari, Atiku and other presidential aspirants signed the first peace accord in December last year. Photos below;

Posted by Pat PA Okon The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday said he would fulfil all his electoral promises to Nigerians if elected. He gave the assurance in Lagos while speaking at the party’s presidential rally. The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki; Atiku‘s running -mate, Mr Peter Obi; the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, were some of the prominent personalities at the rally. Former governor of Ekiti, Mr Ayo Fayose; former Ogun governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel; Sen. Ben-Bruce, a former presidential spokesman, Chief Doyin Okupe; were also at the rally. Atiku and his entourage were welcome to the state by a former Deputy-National Chairman of PDP, Chief Olabode George and the party’s governorship candidate, Mr Jimi Agbaje and a mammoth crowd of party faithful. Atiku emphasised that he would not renege on his promise to restructure the country to fast track development. The PDP candidate said he w...

Posted By Tony Okechukwu As part of effort to ensure that registered voters are not disenfranchised in the forthcoming elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) scheduled to end today to Monday. The electoral body has also revealed that the collection of PVCs would now take place from 9am to 6pm daily, including Saturday and Sunday. The chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this Friday at the regular meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The meeting, he said, was convened essentially in order to have a final review of preparations. Yakubu noted, “At this meeting, we will undertake a comprehensive review of our preparations. Overall, the Commission is ready for the elections. Nevertheless, we are ever ready to fine-tune processes and procedures in order to serve Nigerians better. “ In the last couple of days...

Posted By Pat PA Okon Bayelsa State Governor, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, has again expressed concern that some persons are playing politics with the security of the country ahead of the elections, which commence on February 16. He emphatically stated that there is a general concern about the state of law, order and security during the elections and that the signs were worrisome. Governor Dickson spoke on Sunday night at the Eko Hotels and Suites in Lagos after receiving the Silverbird Group's Extraordinary Achievement Award, on a day former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, poured encomiums on him for his developmental strides in Bayelsa. His Special Adviser on Public Affairs, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, quoted the governor as saying that there were expectations and concerns about the elections but that the signs were not too good. He said people expect that there should be fair pl...

…Says APC is a Den of Thieves and Looters Posted By Pat PA Okon The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes as laughable, infantile and diversionary, reports being sponsored by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that there are disagreements in the PDP over the handling of our Presidential campaign funds. The party says for the APC and agents of the Buhari Campaign to descend to the level of fabricating stories to create a non existent scenario shows that the ruling party and the Buhari Presidency have finally come to their wits end and are now suffering a pre-defeat trauma. The PDP is aware that the Buhari Presidency and the APC have become so frustrated over their dwindled electoral fortune in the face of the soaring popularity of the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, that they are now attempting to inject crisis into the PDP campaign in order to divert public attention from their own failures and rejection. For President Buhari’s information, the Atiku Abubakar campa...