Angry youths in Bayelsa State, on Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest in Yenagoa, the state capital, in support of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the arrest and detention of Mr. George Turner.
Turner, who is believed to be a political godson of ex-resident Goodluck Jonathan, was former Special Adviser on Youth Empowerment to former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Bassey Dan Abia.
Turnah, alongside seven firms, were arraigned on 12 counts bordering on obtaining by false pretence, money laundering and abuse of office to the tune of N3, 094, 268, 235.69.
The youths, under the aegis of the Concerned Citizens of Bayelsa State, led by their coordinators, Chief Harrow Zuokomor and Comrade Abule Bethel, marched through Ekeki Road to Melford Okilo Express road singing solidarity songs in support of the EFFC.
The aggrieved youths, armed with placards bearing inscriptions such as ‘We thank the EFCC for exposing corrupt persons’, ‘Enemies of Niger Delta exposed’, ‘Well done EFCC’ and ‘George Turnah impoverished Bayelsa State’, stated that the State was hungry for development and the return of the fund to the State Government will ensure proper and even development.
Zuokomor, while submitting the group’s petition to the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Asuquo Amba for onward submission to the EFCC lamented that the issue of corruption among political appointees from the State to national level is appalling.
Addressing the protesters, Amba promised to deliver their message to the appropriate authorities
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