{"id":44764,"date":"2015-12-10T15:20:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T14:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=44764"},"modified":"2015-12-10T15:20:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T14:20:37","slug":"bayelsa-killings-perpetrators-will-be-charged-for-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/bayelsa-killings-perpetrators-will-be-charged-for-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayelsa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Killings; Perpetrators Will Be Charged For\u00a0\u00a0Murder.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I have observed with dismay and sadness the killings in Bayelsa State in the ongoing Gubernatorial election, the military and the Police have been seen to watch with indifference while thugs and criminals kill law abiding citizens who were out to perform their franchise. So far about four people have been reported killed, many injured including youth corpers serving as adhoc staff to the INEC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0Citizens have a right to vote for any candidate of their choice in any election without coercion or intimidation. And it is the responsibility of the government to protect these citizens as enshrined in our Constitution. But it is sad to note that these defenseless citizens were killed without been protected by the law enforcement Agents even when they were watching.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I wish to state categorically that any further killing in Bayelsa state as a result of the ongoing election wherein the law enforcement agents are watching, or the leaders of the political parties seems to have instigated such killing, I will personally ensure that they are charged for murder. If Government fails to prosecute them, I will drag them before the International Criminal Court in the Hague for crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I therefore advice the good people of Bayelsa to be vigilant. Where there is any killing they must ensure that they can identify those responsible either by omission or commission. I also advice\u00a0\u00a0them to be law abiding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0When a new date is set by INEC for elections to hold in Ijaw South , those affected\u00a0\u00a0should quietly go to their designated polling booths and cast their votes. No body should allow him or herself to be used to perpetrate violence in Bayelsa State. Enough is enough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SEN. BEN MURRAY-BRUCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regards,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Onyekachi OKECHUKWU<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Special Duties Manager\/ PA to Group Chairman<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Silverbird Entertainment Centre<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Phone: +2348033117936, +2348098499933<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:onyekachi@silverbirdgroup.com\">o.okechukwu@silverbirdgroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Website:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/silverbirdgroup.com\/\">silverbirdgroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plot 1161 Memorial Drive,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Central Business District,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abuja.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have observed with dismay and sadness the killings in Bayelsa State in the ongoing Gubernatorial election, the military and the Police have been seen to watch with indifference while&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pointblanknews-investigations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bayelsa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Killings; 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