The Governor of Byelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has commended the
good people of Bayelsa State for standing up to be counted by protecting
their votes so far in the December 5th governorship election in the face
of intimidation, harassment, killings of innocent voters and ballot
snatching by the Nigeria military and APC thugs in Brass and Southern Ijaw
local governments.
Governor Dickson was full of praise for the people for their courage,
stressing that, the cancellation of the elections in Southern Ijaw could
not have happened without the resilience and courage of Bayelsans in
defending democracy and the Ijaw nation.
A Government House statement signed by Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Spokesman
to the Governor noted that, the cancellation has further vindicated
Governor Seriake Dickson, who had earlier urged the commission and the
security agencies not to go ahead with the election in Southern Ijaw in
the light of clear cases of insecurity created by the APC, who were
jittery and were losing in the results collated from seven out of eight
local government areas.
“If the commission and the security agencies had heeded the governor’s
counsel, they wouldn’t have wasted tax payers money conducting the
ill-fated elections in some wards in Southern Ijaw”
The statement also commended INEC for cancelling the election and called
on the federal security not to put the state under siege again in the
rescheduled date, because Bayelsans will always resist any attempt to
subvert the will of the people.
The statement enjoins Bayelsans to remain law abiding and go about their
bussinesses, assuring them of the government’s readiness to always protect
their interest and also deliver democracy dividends to all Bayelsans and
the Ijaw nation.