Some security operatives and civilians were feared killed following alleged violence in Ekeremor local government area during Bayelsa State supplementary gubernatorial poll, yesterday.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had scheduled the supplementary poll to hold yesterday after the December 5, 2015 gubernatorial election in the state failed to produce a winner. Chief Timpre Sylva is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the poll. APC is the ruling party at the federal level.
Governor Seriake Dickson has condemned the killings and urged the state to remain calm.
In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, the governor accused APC chieftains of masterminding the killing of innocent Bayelsans in Brass, Ekeremor, Nembe and Southern Ijaw and wondered why the APC would kill to capture power.
While saying the APC was not ready for one-man one- vote, Dickson said the violence in the poll had vindicated his position that security agencies, particularly the military, were partisan and not willing to provide the enabling environment for a free and fair election to take place.
He accused the security agencies of providing cover for the APC to perpetrate violence and rig the election.
Although according to Lokpobiri, an APC chieftain, though the claim had been traced to some PDP apologists, the conduct of the election in Ekeremor was peaceful,orderly and without violence.
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