Some Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) members who fled as a result of the violence in Nembe Bassambiri, Bayelsa
state, on the eve of the presidential election, have alleged that soldiers are
preventing them from returning home.
Moses Cleopas, chairman of the
PDP in Bayelsa, made the allegation on Sunday.
He called on the federal
government and security agencies to intervene, alleging that thugs backed by
soldiers attacked PDP members and seized electoral materials last week.
Cleopas called on the army
authorities to deploy a fresh set of soldiers to Nembe and Brass local
government areas.
The PDP chairman expressed shock
that the army had not arrested any of the “thugs who have been shooting and
harassing innocent people in Nembe Bassambiri”.
He said it was rather shocking
that the men of the Nigeria army had commenced a process of harassing innocent
members of the PDP with a view to perpetrating low voters turn out to the
detriment of the party in the area.
Cleopas said soldiers were seen
discussing with those who broke into the residence of Kuroghofa Benwari, a PDP
stakeholder in the state.
He called on the security
agencies to ensure that the PDP members who fled Nembe Bassambiri are allowed
to their residences without harassment.
However, Cleopas commended the
police for boldly arresting the “masterminds of the abduction of Kola Okunola,
deputy commissioner of police in charge of federal special anti-robbery
squad, during the election.
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