The Bayelsa Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has endorsed the second term bid of Gov. Douye Diri for the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa.
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There have also been report of widespread violence leading to the stoppage of elections in some polling units where election has been ordered in Ekeremor, Nembe and Ogbia Local Government Areas
The election for Southern Ijaw Local Government Area was cancelled on December 7, 2015 due to violence, ballot box snatching and stuffing, harassment and abduction of electoral officials
Brigadier General Stephenson Olabanji, the Commander of 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, on Sunday said the military apprehended 17 suspects for various election offences during the December 5 governorship election in Bayelsa State
“Why is Sylva afraid to be part of a rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw if truly he knows he is popular and on ground there to win the votes of the people? What is Sylva doing moving from one office to the other in Abuja holding nocturnal meetings and begging anyone who he thinks hold the ace to help him become governor again, rather than staying back in Bayelsa to reach out to the people of Southern Ijaw and see if he can manage to get at least ten percent of the votes in the rescheduled election?
A source in the Presidency stated that Buhari was not happy with the APC in Bayelsa and Sylva over alleged pockets of violence during the rescheduled election in Southern Ijaw LGA
The ex-militant in a statement issued in Yenagoa accused the Federal Government and its agencies of collaborating with the Independent National Electoral Commission to rig the election
Spokesperson of the parties, Victor Agbowarite, made the condemnation at a press conference on Wednesdayin Yenagoa on behalf of their chairmen
In a statement by the Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, the PDP said before the election was conducted, it had informed the electoral body and security authorities that the whole of Southern Ijaw had been taken over by thugs and criminal elements who, he claimed, were recruited by the All Progressives Congress
According to the NSCDC helmsman, three Deputy Commandant Generals, four Assistant Commandant Generals, a host of Commandants, officers and men and sniffer dogs will be on hand to ensure a hitch-free pollon Saturday
The Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, who made the allegation in a statement, said not only were the boats destroyed, the thugs also carted away their engines
The allegation was contained in a statement by the Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, who claimed that such PDP stalwarts would be arrested on trumped charges of arms running but that it is a political move to destabilize the party and its electoral chances
In a statement by the Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, the PDP described Election Frontline as an “emergency polling firm” with no track record of having conducted any election survey anywhere and as such the whole efforts by the firm was nothing but a fraud
In a statement by the Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, the mega rally is a culmination of Governor Dickson’s community-to-community tours, a grassroots campaign, which had taken him to the nooks and crannies of the state in the last over one month, spreading his message of restoration and consolidation of peace, security and development through his re-election
Condemning the attack in a statement made available to newsmen in Yenagoa on Sunday night, the Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organization, Hon. Jonathan Obuebite, described the attack as barbaric, most unacceptable
The governor’s warning came on Friday as the state government said it was aware some disgruntled politicians were boasting of using federal might to provide “immunity” to some youths who were allegedly being recruited to perpetrate criminality through possession of fake PVCs and impersonating as army and police officers on duty on election day
The people of the affected communities could not hide their feelings as they trooped out en mass to receive the campaign train of Dickson during his two days community to community campaign tour to the area
Shekarau said he was proud to see such a crowd comprising of youths, men and women who left other activities to meet Dickson and that their support was a measure of Dickson’s popularity and acceptance, adding that the PDP remained the party of the people in Bayelsa State
The governor, during his three days community to community-based campaign, visited Koluama one and two, Foropa, Ukubie, Ogboinbiri, Olugbobiri and Korokorosei, Igbomotoru, Peremabiri and Azuzuama
In all the communities visited, the people came out in their numbers to give the campaign train a rousing reception with drumming, singing and dancing to solidarity songs
He said anyone who loved the Ijaw nation would not have anything to do with the APC and congratulated them for dumping it for the PDP