The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa state has cried out over alleged attacks on its members by agents of the state government as an aftermath of the governorship election in the state.
The party, in a save-our-soul message, urged security agents in the state, to as a matter of urgency, check the spate of violent attacks on APC members and their families across the state.
A statement signed by Chief Nathan Egba, Director of Media and Publicity of the Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organization, described the attacks on APC members as unwarranted and height of political victimization.
“The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson and the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Peter Ogunyanwo, should as as a matter of urgency, check the growing spate of violent attacks unleashed on APC stalwarts and their families in the State.
“These attacks are coming aftermath the declaration of the PDP’s candidate Gov. Seriake Dickson as the winner of the Bayelsa Governorship election.
“PDP loyalists in the various local government areas of the state have started unleashing violence on APC members, destroying their houses and looting their personal belongings,” Egba alleged.
According to the statement, several cases of violent attacks on family members of APC stalwarts and their properties in Nembe were reported last Sunday night after the election results were announced.
The APC spokesperson said that the party had since reported attacks on its members to police authorities in Ogbolomabiri, Bassambiri, Okpokiti and Agrisaba communities of Nembe town.
He also listed other places where attacks on APC members were recorded to include Otuokpoti in Ogbia council area and Amassoma, Otuan and Oporomo, all in Southern Ijaw local government area of the state.
Egba said: “Some of the internally displaced persons from these attacks are currently being camped in meeting halls and other facilities at the Achievers Farm in Igboghene axis of Yenagoa.
“We urged the Police and the Government to rise up to their responsibilities, in the face of glaring oppression and victimisation of opposition party members.
“We still believe that Nigeria is a democratic society where the rule of law prevails. We are entitled to protection by the State and her agencies such as the Police.”
The statement said that APC in the state want to see urgent action taken by the police authorities in the state to protect its party members especially in Nembe and Ogbia local government areas.
It also urged the police to as a matter of urgent concern, arrest all those who had engaged themselves in the the unwholesome acts of attacks on APC members and prosecute them in accordance with the laws.
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