YENAGOA (Sundiata Post) – The Governor of Byelsa State, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has commended the people of Bayelsa State for standing up to be counted by protecting their votes so far in last Saturday’s governorship.
Dickson in a statement issued by his chief press secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said he premised the commendation on the fact that they came enmasse to defend their votes in the face of intimidation, harassment, killings of innocent voters and ballot snatching by thugs in Brass and Southern Ijaw LGAs.
Dickson said the cancellation of the elections in Southern Ijaw could not have happened without the resilience and courage of Bayelsans in defending democracy and the Ijaw nation.
The governor added that the cancellation has further vindicated him, having earlier urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies not to go ahead with the election in Southern Ijaw in the light of clear cases of insecurity created by the APC members, who were jittery and were losing in the results collated from seven out of eight local government areas.
“If the commission and the security agencies had heeded the governor’s counsel, they wouldn’t have wasted tax payers money conducting the ill-fated elections in some wards in Southern Ijaw,” the statement said.
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The governor added that the cancellation has further vindicated him, having earlier urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies not to go ahead with the election in Southern Ijaw in the light of clear cases of insecurity created by the APC members, who were jittery and were losing in the results collated from seven out of eight local government areas.
“If the commission and the security agencies had heeded the governor’s counsel, they wouldn’t have wasted tax payers money conducting the ill-fated elections in some wards in Southern Ijaw,” the statement said.
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The statement also commended INEC for cancelling the election and called on security agencies not to put the state under siege again in the rescheduled date, saying Bayelsans would resist any attempt to subvert the will of the people.
