Niger Delta activist Ms Annkio Briggs was attacked and harassed by some hoodlums, led by an ex-militant leader, who stormed Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, to protest the controversial allocation by the state government of 1,200 hectares of land to Fulani herdsmen for cattle grazing.

Though the state governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, had defended the allocation, Niger Delta campaigner, Ms AnnKio Briggs, who got to Tombia Junction, the take-off point of the protest in Yenagoa before 9.00 am, was addressing the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in the area and his men on the purpose of the protest, when thugs, who seemed to have official backing, pounced on her and others.

It was learned that policemen and other security agencies, which were also there to abort the protest, fired teargas and shot indiscriminately into the air, forcing the protesters, who were not prepared to confront security agents, to run for their lives.

National presidents of Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, National Security Watch Organization of Nigeria, NSWON, Messrs. Austin Ozobo and Dickson Bekederemo, Comrade Harrison Kpikpi, Ojugo Christy, Preye Dressman and other leaders, who were at the venue, were also assaulted by the thugs in the presence of security agents.

Source; http://www.nationalhelm.net/2017/02/niger-delta-activist-annkio-briggs-and.html

Choi!

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unfortunate

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dem flatinoes and wahala

OK, I am about to start crying because of this.

Hope they are okay.


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Those thugs are jobless people.


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Sporadic shooting, and brutal attack come give u only that small cut.

You must be Superman

this article is marred with grammatical blunders thereby making it less understandable. what happened is that the state governor awarded 1,200 hectares from the state owned palm plantation as a grazing reserve to Fulani herdsmen against the wishes of the citizens, so the citizens wants to protest today only for the governor to unleash security men and thugs on them.

The enemies of the people were voted in by the people

Protesters + Thugs + Police Hmnnn! Thank God nobody was killed.

How much is Gov Al~Makura paying our governors to cede lands to Fulani BENUE STATE now Bayelsa ....GOD have mercy on our Christian brothers selling their peoples life for money....

lands for herdsmen in bayelsa state? it seems like the state government don high with sapele water. how many land space did bayelsa state has for them to give out 1200 hectares of land to Fulani people? Mumu people

This governor giving them land is not helping matters.

The Governor that is donating land to Fulani herdsmen is allergic to empowering Bayelsans with skills in cattle rearing for meat and milk!

good for her....mother of all militants,fighting for her pocket.


There is only one true niger delta activist:joseph evah

I never trusted this Briggs of a woman . She has never been sincere

chiedu7:
This governor giving them land is not helping matters.

That governor sef..., looks like a mumu, acts like a mumu

OBAGADAFFI:


Isn't that the same Governor that said his People are lazy

They may be pronounced lazy but l bet there are those who are willing to learn and run such enterprise.

One of the people that aided jonathan in his downfall.

Mehn, that camera is the best i'd ever seen! I doubt it is a phone's.

jerryBoss1:
How much is Gov Al~Makura paying our governors to cede lands to Fulani BENUE STATE now Bayelsa ....GOD have mercy on our Christian brothers selling their peoples life for money....

taaah shut up there .....is it everything that you wud bring religion into

Niger Delta and Violence
Where dat Zuma pics abeg?

owobokiri:
That governor sef..., looks like a mumu, acts like a mumu

The guy is just huge...like say na huge person go chop

The OP is already bias with the statement of "protesters who are not willing to confront the security operatives" . BTW protesters will always confront anybody or persons who is not with them at any point in time. Shekena !!!!

It's a pity!! But wetin make we do?

Why should the Governor of Bayelsa donate 1200 hectares to Fulani herdsmen ..WTF is wrong with our leaders