Bayelsa State Governor, Hon.
Seriake Dickson, has said the election conducted by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), in Bayelsa State, was a military coup against the
nation’s democracy.
Dickson, also reiterated his
rejection on the outcome of the November 16th Governorship election that threw
up the flagbearer of the All Congress (APC), Chief David Lyon as
Governor-Elect.
According to him, the
just-concluded governorship election in the state was a democratic coup
perpetrated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against
Bayelsans, calling on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) supporters to remain
calm as moves are on to reclaim the mandate of the people at the Election
Petition Tribunal.
Gov. Seriake Dickson, who made
his position known at a world Press Conference held at the State Government
Lodge, said “So, today, I’m here to lend my voice to all that had been said
already, and it was so brazen.
“There was high display of
federal might, but at least, it was not as bad as this, this year, not only was
the Nigerian Army directed to take over our state, not only did the police who
claimed that they have over thirty thousand men and officers on ground were
looking the other way while our people were held down in Nembe and no step was
taken.
“Either to protect the people or
to hold those who did that dastardly act responsible, that was the first time
that people were mowed down and killed, some ribs open in Nembe, and thrown
into the river, up till now no arrest, we know that APC leaders plotted and
carried out that acts.
“Voters did not have the courage
to go out and vote in Nembe, and yet you saw the results that were turned in
from Nembe, and INEC, which has invested so much resources, not task payers
money, but our oil money never bothered about the processes but accepted and
collated the votes from Nembe, where no voting take place, people were gathered
together, INEC officials held at gunpoint and they were thumb printing, so what
took place in Bayelsa was not an election, it was a carefully planned federally
executed operations,” he said.
Dickson pointed out that PDP and
its candidate, Senator Douye Diri never lost any election, but that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) used its federal might to hijack the process.
The governor, who also disclosed
that he will set up a transition committee to work out modalities for the
smooth transition of power in the state come February 14, 2020, said that with
the way the last weekend election was hijacked, the people of the state were
denied the rights to vote for the governor of their choice.
Dickson said: “Our candidate,
Senator Douye Diri and the party Chairman have been speaking about the charade
called ‘Election’ that took place in Bayelsa last Saturday, and the invasion of
our state by security forces of our country and about the dehumanization of our
people and how the majority of the areas and in places, where our people were
denied the rights to vote for the governor of their choice.
“The story is all out there that
what took place in Bayelsa on the 16 and 17 of November was not a democratic
election, it was a military coup against our democracy, it was the height of
conspiracy by the federal government and the security agencies and with the
umpire (INEC) colluding and enabling in most cases the subversion of the
democratic rights of our people for the sole purpose of achieving a
pre-determined conclusion, I think that the story is all out.
“I need to commend the peaceful
people of Bayelsa, I know our people have been mourning, forget the
stage-managed series of celebrations by few APC supporters, but in general, our
people are in mourning, our dignity has been invaded and ravaged, with the
complicity of the institutions, which by the law and the constitution are there
to give credible and peaceful election.”
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