Preye Aganaba, a member of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention committee, says the Bayelsa
state government has denied the party a permit to use the multipurpose hall
within the stadium in Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital, for its congress.
Aganaba also alleged that the
Bayelsa government was doing everything possible to frustrate the conduct of
the exercise.
He said the party executive in
Bayelsa applied for the use of the facility officially, arguing that the state
government had no reason to deny the APC its use.
“It is true that the state
government is denying us the use of stadium for our state congress meant to
take place in Bayelsa on Saturday (tomorrow),” he said.
“We have properly applied and we
were not told that the facility will not be available for us, to our surprise,
up till now the state government has refused to approve the facility for us.”
He added that the APC in Bayelsa
had been peaceful and orderly as revealed in its just concluded ward and local
government congresses, saying that there was assurance that Saturday´s state
congress would be crisis free.
“The government must be told that
we are all indigenes of the state, we are not foreigners,” he said.
“We have right to association and
to belong to any political party of our choice, so we don’t deserve to be
treated like outcasts.”
He, therefore, urged the state
government to have a rethink, adding that it would amount to political
intolerance if the state government refused APC the use of a public place such
as the stadium.
When Fidelis Soriwei, spokesman
of the governor was contatced, he said: “Today is Saturday; you are just telling
me now. Let me call you back.”
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