The Bayelsa State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has condemned the recent spate of violence and bloodletting carried allegedly out by some members of the State Chapter of the APC at the State capital, Yenagoa.
The PDP State Chairman, Hon. Cleopas Moses, in his reaction after an emergency meeting, said the fight for supremacy between the two warring factions of the APC, which led to the firing of arms and ammunitions in the streets of Yenagoa, was a clear fact that the APC plays a politics of do-or-die.
He also noted that the recorded violence was an embarrassment to Bayelsa people and a threat to grassroots democracy.
Moses said the PDP was worried about the cases of violence which resulted in reported cases of deaths and destruction of Bayelsans, all in the disguise of politics.
The party chairman established that extreme violence had become a recurring decimal in almost all APC activities in the State.
Cleopas reminded every Bayelsan that, “these same characters have a predominantly evil nature which played itself out during the last Bayelsa State gubernatorial elections, where innocent people were killed in SILGA, Ekeremor, Brass and other LGA’s, in their fight against the matchless PDP candidate, Rt. Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson”.
The Chairman further stressed that, “this development of political violence is really disturbing as it raises concerns as to what they could be planning for future elections”.
He, therefore, called on the Commissioner of Police and its sister security agencies in Bayelsa, not to relent in their efforts to ensure that the culprits were found and brought to justice in accordance to the laws of the land.
The Chairman and his EXCO reiterated the effort of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson in sustaining harmony and peaceful co-existence of all citizens of the State, pleading with the Governor and his team not to relent in their effort.
The party warned its members to identify and shun divisive elements attempting to crop up in other to struggle for the State Party leadership only for their selfish Political interests.
“Governor Henry Seriake Dickson is the only certified, approved and respected leader that knows and understands the Political intrigues and strategies to defeat the APC in this State, having done so in the most vicious, antagonistic, provocative, oppressive and intimidating gubernatorial elections ever witnessed in the young democracy of Nigeria in 2016”, the party stated.
The party also passed a vote of confidence on Governor Seriake Dickson and his team, calling the members to be law-abiding and go about their daily businesses in a peaceful manner.
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