The Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has accused the Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri, of sponsoring thugs adorning police and army uniforms to unleash mayhem on Peoples Democratic Party supporters and disrupting the electoral process in the ongoing governorship election in the state.
Dickson, who spoke with journalists on Saturday after his accreditation at Ward 2 in Toru Orua, his home town, decried the failure of the card readers provided by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the poll.
A visibly angry Dickson condemned in strong terms the report of violence allegedly unleashed by thugs said to belong to the All Progressives Congress, with the help of soldiers as sporadic shots rented the air, especially in places like Okpoama, Eweama, Twon Brass and Oporoma, headquarters of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.
Dickson said it was unfortunate that the security agencies did not give serious heed to his earlier warning when he said the APC was not prepared for the election but war.
Dickson said reports reaching him revealed that members of the PDP in these areas were attacked with guns, machetes and other dangerous weapons.
One person was said to have died and several others severely injured.
Earlier, reports had it that four persons were killed at the local government headquarters of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Oporoma, where an ex-militant allegedly led others to shoot at those distributing election materials.
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