Governorship
aspirants from eleven registered political parties in Bayelsa
State, under the aegis of United Governorship Forum for Credible
Elections, have expressed concern over the miscarriage of justice in
the re-scheduled election in Southern Ijaw LGA.
They therefore demanded the immediate redeployment of the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) Hashimu Argungun,
State Commissioner of Police, Nasiru Oki and heads of other security
operatives for their involvement in the electoral fraud in
Southern
Ijaw.
The
group also called for the immediate release of all members of the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), held hostage by thugs and militants
loyal to the All Progressives Congress (APC) without further delay and
the probe of recalcitrant INEC officials who were alleged to be involved
in the dastardly act
Speaking
at press conference on Thursday in Yenagoa, the aspirants said the
Army, Polce and the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC)
under the watchful eyes of these officers aided the rigging, killings
and maiming of innocent Bayelsans by leaders of the APC.
The
Chairman of the Forum, Chief Inko Namatede, stated that further
participation of the affected officers in the proposed re-scheduled
election would lead to a repeat of the ugly incident.
The
affected officers, according to the aspirants, conducted themselves in
the most despicable manner through their unprofessional conduct by
taking sides with the APC and, thereby allowing the reign of terror and
giving opportunity to thugs and criminals loyal to the APC to have a
field day.
He
said, “In the spirit of fairness and as a factor of the appalling
situation we saw in Southern Ijaw in particular, we hereby call on the
military high command in Abuja to completely withdraw all soldiers
deployed to provide security in that local government because they
allegedly aided the hijack of electoral materials by thugs..
The
aspirants through their Chairman, warned INEC against the use of
botched election materials, adding that it would be counterproductive.
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