There was tight security in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area in Bayelsa State on Friday as President Goodluck Jonathan arrived his hometown.

The president will cast his vote at a polling unit near his country home.

Prior to his arrival, two Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) were seen on the Otuoke Road, one in front of the president’s house.

The other was parked in front of Magels Resort, a hotel close to UBA, the only bank in Otuoke.
Earlier, a helicopter was seen hovering around the town, apparently on security surveillance.
Soldiers and policemen were also seen on the main road, as well as plain-clothes officers who guarded the president’s house.

There were sign posts directing motorists to “keep moving,” while police officers shouted at drivers of vehicles which stopped within the vicinity of the president’s home to leave.

The president arrived by 3pm in company of Governor Seriake Dickson and other aides.
Meanwhile, the Bayelsa State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has warned its operatives taking bribes from politicians while providing security at polling units.
The State Commandant Mr. Desmond Agu said any personnel found to have been compromised during the general elections would be prosecuted.
Addressing the men, he said: “Do not compromise. Do not allow politicians to use you to manipulate the process.

“Also, do not allow any other security agencies or your colleagues to influence you to collect bribes. Let me assure you that your allowances have been paid.

“We urge you to go out there and conduct yourselves as a security agency with integrity and professionalism.

“Let me reiterate here that the Commandant General of the corps, Mr. Ade Abolurin, has warned that no civil defenders should compromise. Your duties are to protect lives, staff of Independent Electoral Commission, ad hoc staff and citizens. Any compromise will be severely punished.”
He also advised the personnel to work in collaboration with other security agencies.
Also, the state command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has advised residents and youths to stay away from banned narcotics during the exercise.

In a statement on Friday, it said the advice was to ensure that the elections were not marred by violence arising from drug-induced violence.
“Officers and men of the command have been deployed and are fully on ground to ensure that such activities are reduced to the barest minimum by arresting anybody found involved in this deviant behaviour.

“Parents and guardians are hereby advised to closely supervise the activities of their children and wards in order not to fall foul of the law and victims of the negative consequences of illegal drug trade and abuse,” the agency said.

Idrismusty97:
He would remained there...

SeverusSnape:
Buhari should go to his boys in Sambisa forest.

ozoigbondu:
GEJ is love GEJ is life.........GEJ till 2019

Fellow Nigerians we implore you all to troop out this saturday in droves and

J=Join
O=Other
N=Nigerians
A=Achieve
T=Transformed,
H=Healthy,
A=Adorable
N=Nation

Let the transformation contuine.......GEJ till 2019

Idrismusty97:
...The boys in khaki? Yea he would as soon as this clueless dumbo is sweep out!

Charliewyt:
GEJ may not have lived up to expectations, he is not perfect cos nobody is.
I sincerely hate the way he handled:

(1) The boko haram activities,

(2) Job creation, if he had done better our fellow citizens shouldn't have died in NIS recruitment,

(3) Education, I can't easily forget the series of stricts we had during his regime. Just to mention but a few.

BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE CASTING MY VOTE FOR GMB

Because the worst we can achieve with GEJ is to remain stagnant , should GMB take the lead and he chose to mess up, having the support of the likes of Bola Tinubu and OBJ our backwardness as a country will know no bound.

FOR ALL OF YOU THAT WILL BE VOTING, I PRAY YOU GO IN PEACE AND COME BACK IN PEACE.



the political ambitions of any body doesn't worth the blood of the least Nigerian.

SeverusSnape:

Like Buhari, you're an illiterate. It's swept not sweep. BTW, no vacancy in Aso rock, but there's at Daura and Sambisa.
Buhari IS A CERTIFICATELESS ILLITERATE.

atlwireles:


O boy you dey try sha. One more day before official celebration starts

SeverusSnape:

Like Buhari, you're an illiterate. It's swept not sweep. BTW, no vacancy in Aso rock, but there's at Daura and Sambisa.
Buhari IS A CERTIFICATELESS ILLITERATE.

IbnSultaan:
GMB



G=Goodluck
M= Moves to
B= Bayelsa

barcanista:
Bro, no government is perfect but Jonathan has shown that he is light years ahead of APC noisemakers that need to ask for forgiveness from Nigerians. Anyway, we shall send Buhari and APC to political exile.