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By Titus Innocent  The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Douye Diri, is “crying wolf” over allegation that it influenced the list of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) deployed for the Bayelsa State governorship election. Mr Yekini Nabena, APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, has accused PDP and its candidate of doing everything possible to intimidate the Resident Electoral Commission (REC) into doing their bidding.  Nabena, in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, said PDP and its governorship candidate were crying wolf in the face of its imminent election defeat, come November 16.

By Titus Innocent Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson said at the weekend that his administration’s performance was the reason people trooped out en masse to attend rallies organised by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State. The governor in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Fidelis Soriwei, hailed the people for supporting PDP and its candidate, Douye Diri. He said that the Restoration Government under his leadership was encouraged by the goodwill and the people’s show of appreciation for the developmental exploits of his administration. The governor said that he would lead the mop up rallies for governorship campaigns from this week. He said it was a deliberate decision of the leadership of the PDP to create campaign opportunities for the candidate and his running mate to have close and effective interactions with the electorate and feel their pulse. The governor thanked the former aspirants and leaders of the party, who were working as...

By Titus Innocent -   October 27, 2019 Southern Ijaw, the biggest Local Government Area in Bayelsa State and home to the governorship candidate of the APC, Chief David Lyon, has promised to support the Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Douye Diri. The people, who came out en masse in their various communities to receive Diri and his running mate, Senator Lawrence Ewrujakpor, said Diri had the capacity to govern the state. They blamed the APC for the crisis that rocked the area during the last National Assembly election which resulted in the death of one of the PDP leaders and the Government House photographer, Reginald Dei. The PDP governorship campaign train was assured by the people during the rallies held at Korokose, Ekowe and Oporoma communities of bloc votes. Addressing the crowd in Oporoma, the Southern Ijaw local government headquarters, a former Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Friday Kombowei Benson, declared that...

  By Titus Innocent, October 27,2019 The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday said the crowd of people that attended its governorship campaign in Southern-Ijaw Local Government Area on Saturday, is a resounding declaration by the people to kick out APC on November 16. The party in a statement added that the crowd “is also an unmistaken demonstration of the fact that Bayelsa  remains a home to the PDP, which will further manifest in PDP’s landslide victory at the November 16 election.” It further added: “The party notes that the earthshaking jubilation and ovation that greeted the PDP candidate, Diri and his running mate,Lawrence , established the people’s confidence and preference for the PDP and its candidate, over and above David Lyon on all fronts. “The PDP has been made aware of the gloom, hopelessness and dejection in the APC camp, which is depleting by the day, following Senator Douye Diri's soaring popularity and acceptability across the voting...

By Innocent Titus -   October 25, 2019 The Bayelsa State Chairman of APC ,  Mr Jonathan Amos , has accused the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of being apprehensive over the ever increasing acceptability of the David Lyon  brand by the people of Bayelsa State. Amos  said this can be seen in the flurry of press releases issued by the PDP on virtually everything that happens in the state, whether it is on internal APC issues or the election. He said: “There’s been an upsurge in the press releases of the PDP calling on whoever would listen that there is plot here and there to undermine the forthcoming election as if the institutions of state do not know their duty” “The PDP Governorship candidate, Senator Douye Diri recently disclosed that David Lyon was spoiling for violence by arming his supporters with arms and that security agents should arrest youths with illegal arms” “We know that the APC did not make any overt declaration or call to viol...

 By INNOCENT TITUS, October 24, 2019  The election observer group, Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has said it is concerned with the high rate of violence ahead of the November 16 Bayelsa governorship elections.   In a statement signed in Abuja by the CTA executive director, Faith Nwadishi, the group urged the security agencies, especially the Nigerian Police to secure the citizens, election observers and INEC staff during and after the elections.  “We are alarmed at the rate of violence being witnessed in the  state which in our opinion will lead to serious security breaches, a replay of the 2019 general elections scenario if not curtailed now,” Nwadishi said in the statement. She explained that the reason for the concern of the election observer group is that Bayelsa state is a hot zone during elections, stressing that the incidence of violence may hamper the elections if not quickly addressed. The CTA boss recalled that on assumption of dut...

By INNOCENT TITUS, OCTOBER 24, 2019. The Southern-Ijaw IYC Clan Chairmen have shown their disapproval the way the member representing Southern-Ijaw federal constituency, Hon. Preye Oseke is treating them with contempt after working for him.  A member of the group that does not want his name to be on media complain bitterly. He said, "we worked for him during the oil and gas crisis that he had with the state government by coming on air to disbunk all the allegations placed on the surveillance jobs during his election. The evidence is in every  radio stations in the state. We risked our lives and most of our jobs were at stake.  Some of us contested IYC central elections , with our popularity most of us were witchhunted and lost to PDP backed candidates".  Another member that refused to be named also expressed his own view. He said, "we all came from different political affiliations  to defend him because most of the beneficiaries of the surveillance job...

By INNOCENT TITUS, Ocober 24, 2019 The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed that politicians from the two leading political parties, the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, have been placed under security watch and surveillance over movement of heavy arms ahead of the November 16 governorship election. The State Director of DSS, Ishaku Yusuf made this known on Wednesday during the election seminar organized by the Nigerian Police Force led by the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone7 5, D.P. Yakadi for political party chairmen and other stakeholders in the state. Yusuf said those under security watch were politicians that have been identified as having the capacity of instigating violence during elections in the state. “On the issue of identification, those intending to perpetuate violence and other crimes during the forthcoming election have been put under security watch and their homes ...

By  INNOCENT TITUS -   October 23, 2019 A group, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Integrity Group has expressed worry over the reluctance of the Code of Code Bureau (CCB) to proceed with the investigation of the allegation of non-declaration of assets by the PDP governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Senator Douye Diri. The CCB had on October 9 confirmed that it had a petition against Diri written by an anti-corruption group, Bayelsa Coalition for Good Governance and Accountability which accused Diri of not declaring his assets when he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff and Principal Executive Secretary to the Governor of Bayelsa State. The coordinator of the group, Mr Tony Nathan Ile in a statement said it was worrisome because the signals the CCB was sending indicated that it wanted to compromise its objectives and constitutional responsibilities by investigating the petition. The statement read in part: “It is quite disturbing to us as a group, that both ...

By INNOCENT TITUS , October 22, 2019  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has threatened to record zero votes for parties in areas where there were violence or ballot box snatching during Nov. 16, Bayelsa governorship poll. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Bayelsa, Edo and Rivers, Mrs May Agbamuche-Mbu, disclosed this at the round table on the commission’s preparedness for conduct of the election organised by the Electoral Institute in Abuja on Tuesday.  Agbamuche-Mbu said INEC was set for the election.  “We are looking unto the political parties that they will be kind to the people of Bayelsa by doing what they are expected to do. “There will be no hijacking of ballot boxes because if they are hijacked, the area is going to get zero votes. “We are going to use smart card readers and where it fails,which I believe it won’t ,we will come back again because we are ready for this election and I pray that the political class will allow us do our ...

By Innocent Titus,  October 21, 2019 The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, has said the party will correct all the wrongs committed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, if it wins the governorship election in the state. Mr Oshiomhole said this at the flag-off of the party’s campaign in Ogbia town, Ogbia Local Government area of the state. He said the party had presented a good team and was poised to win the November 16 governorship election in the state. “APC is coming to right the wrongs of the PDP government in Bayelsa state, come November 16. “The APC government, under David Lyon, will work assiduously to provide security, employment and empowerment for all Bayelsa people,” he said. Mr Oshiomhole said APC’s victory at the poll would restore hope to the people of the state and rebuild their confidence in governance. “I understand that my dear friend, the outgoing governor of Bayelsa, is already visited by...

By Innocent Titus -   October 21, 2019 A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank, has expressed support for the reconciliation panel headed by the former Senate President, Bukola Saraki in Bayelsa State. Frank said the political experience and influence of the former Kwara State Governor had begun to yield good fruits within the rank and file in the state’s ruling party. In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday, the Bayelsa born political activist said the state has been a traditional PDP state since 1999 and nothing should be allowed to destroy the legacy. He also appealed to those who are aggrieved as a result of the outcome of the primary election to give Bukola Saraki-led reconciliation panel a chance. Frank expressed confidence that Senator Saraki will look at all issues and aggrieved parties dispassionately and make necessary recommendations for peace to reign. While app...

By INNOCENT TITUS, 0CT0BER 20, 2019. Mr Bodmas is an ardent PDP member and also a media influencer of Douye Diri guber ambition, went to visit Barr Festus Daumiebi,  a foremost APC leader in the state. In his word, "Just visited my leader Barr Festus Daumiebi, he is doing a lot for younger comrades, bringing them to the corridors of power". Details shortly.

By INNOCENT TITUS , October 20, 2019   The peace committee set up by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reconcile all stakeholders in Bayelsa and Kogi States ahead of the November 16 governorship elections, has initiated serious talks with former President Goodluck Jonathan, Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State, and former Governor Idris Ibrahim of Kogi State, among others. The committee, sources said, would formally meet with Jonathan, who is expected to return to the country today after weeks of telephone talks on the future of PDP in Bayelsa State, particularly as it affects the November election. Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State, who leads the party’s national campaign council on Bayelsa, had urged the Bukola Saraki-led reconciliation committee to leave no stone unturned in pacifying Jonathan, whom he noted had suffered some measure of disrespect in the state. Inside sources in the committee hinted that the former Senate President had initiated seve...

By Innocent Titus, October 20, 2019. APC Will Take Over Bayelsa State, Says Oshiomole The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomole has expressed optimism that the party will take over Bayelsa State. Oshiomole made this known on Friday during his address at the inauguration of a separate National Campaign Council for Kogi and Bayelsa States elections at the National Secretariat in Abuja. He noted that the people of Bayelsa have never really determined their leaders because their votes never counted but it will be a different scenario this time. His words: “In Bayelsa, the heart of the people will be turned to elect a man that will make a difference, that will demonstrate that in a genuine democracy, very ordinary people who connect with their people, who understand and live with their people and share the joy, pain and aspirations of their people, even if they do not have the history of a political dynasty can rise to be...

By Innocent Titus, October 19, 2019. The Chairman Southern Ijaw PDP Grassroot Movement and SA to Gov. Dickson on Special Duties, Hon. Salvation Ibena Rufus accompanied with the brand new Chairman of Apoi/Olodiama Rural Development Authority, Hon. Pere Alfred alongside top PDP stakeholders in ward 15 officially received APC staunch man form SILGA and a grassroot mobilizer Gen. Charles Korubo and his teeming supporters in his hom etown Apoi Gen. Charles in his speech thanked Gov. Seriake Dickson for making the enabling environment for him to return back to the PDP and the opportunity given to him to serve as SA on General Duties. He further warned Bayelsans to be wary of the deceptive antics of the opposition APC in the forthcoming November 16th Governorship election and cast their votes for the PDP, adding that, People Democratic Party in the state is the only party with the right structure to win election in Bayelsa State. Speaking on the benefits received from the res...

By INNOCENT TITUS, OCTOBER 19, 2019. The forner governor of Bayelsa state ; Hon.Minister of state for Petroleum , His Excellency Chief Timipre Sylva,   Hon. Preye Oseke Member Representing Southern Ijaw Federal Constituency and Hon. Israel Sunny-Goli the member Representing Nembe/Brass Federal Constituency are all Members of the National APC Governorship council for November 16th Gubernatorial Election. APC National Campaign Council For Bayelsa State Include: 01. H.E. MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR BADARU CHAIRMAN / GOV. JIGAWA STATE 02. H.E. SIMON LALONG GOV. PLATEAU STATE 03. H.E. ABDULLAHI UMAR GANDUJE GOV. KANO STATE 04. H.E. BADARU ABUBAKAR GOV. JIGAWA STATE 05. H.E. AMINU BELLO MASARI GOV. KATSINA STATE 06. H.E. BABAGANA UMARA GOV. BORNU STATE 07. H.E. BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU GOV. LAGOS STATE 08. H.E. DAPO ABIODUN GOV. OGUN STATE 09. H.E. ADEGBOYEGA OYETOLA GOV. OSUN STATE 10. H.E. GODWIN OBASEKI GOV. EDO STATE 11. SEN...