The protesters had given prior notice to the Police before their protest.

The Police in Bayelsa on Tuesday arrested 30 unemployed graduates for participating in a mass protest in Yenagoa over lack of job opportunities in the state.

Scores of youths, mostly unemployed graduates, had earlier trooped to the streets in Yenagoa, protesting what they described as the high rate of unemployment in the state.

However, policemen from the Bayelsa State Police Command used tear gas to disperse the protesters.

The protesting youth were arrested at Yenizue-Gene in Yenagoa by teams of policemen and operatives of the state-owned security outfit, ‘Operation Doo Akpo’.

Among those arrested were five leaders of the protesting youths. Those arrested were detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department and underwent interrogation for their roles in the protest.

Numbering over 150, the unemployed graduates staged a peaceful protest in the state capital over the State Government’s alleged neglect and insensitivity to their plights. They had earlier given a 30-day ultimatum to Governor Seriake Dickson to lift the embargo on employment into the civil service to absorb them.

The protesters, under the aegis of Unemployed Graduates Forum of Bayelsa, claimed they had made efforts to meet with some top government officials to resolve the crisis. They said their efforts were fruitless as the one-month ultimatum given to the government to create 20,000 jobs for jobless graduates had lapsed without a shift in position by the government.

There was stampede at the Yenizue-Gene area of Yenagoa as the police sent reenforcements to the area with about 10 vans and arrested over 30 persons while the rest fled.

The protesters, who were dressed in white T-shirts with inscriptions, “We need jobs”, “Give us jobs”, said they would not be intimidated by the arrest of their members.

The spokesperson of protesters, Anthony Joseph, a mechanical engineering graduate, said that they had notified the Bayelsa State Police Command Command of the protest three weeks earlier.

“We are fighting a just cause, most of our graduates have been unemployed for between five, seven years and 10 years. We have met the Commissioner for Science and Technology and other top government functionaries in the state on the need to create jobs for us but all efforts proved abortive. Government should come and ameliorate our plight. We are pleading with government to create jobs for us. They should release our detained members,” Mr. Joseph said.

The Public Relations Officer of the Bayelsa State Police Command,Alex Akhigbe, confirmed the arrest of the protesters, saying they were being interrogated. Mr. Akhigbe recalled that the group had informed the Police Command of their protest but said that the permit was not granted.

http://premiumtimesng.com/news/national/127067-police-arrest-30-job-seekers-over-bayelsa-protest.html


IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO PAY US BACK? Now I remember the words of Ovie Omeleh at the height of our struggle towards enthroning HSD.

what were you protesting about?

only last week, it was a committee whose intents were evidently to gag Bayelsans

i assume you mean the committee on rumour mongering.

What rights have you to protest while getting the fresh air of the retardeened otueke man!??

What sort of protest? Do u want to introduce Arab Spring here? U go just die for nothing. Dem tell u say protest dey work our country? TankGod say u still dey alive to run ur mouth up n down.

GEJ sets up committee, this one make new laws anytime he wakes

I just hope the OP doesn't end up doing a U-turn in the future like that loser UYCO once he gets bribed and bought over by the governor.

i want to know the purpose of the protest, more points pls.

ARRESTED UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES DENIED BAIL THE POLICE VEHEMENTLY REFUSED TO GRANT THE
INNOCENT PROTESTING UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES
BAIL. A TEAM OF REPUTABLE LAWYERS WENT TO
SECURE THEIR BAIL ONLY TO MEET A STANDING ORDER
FROM THE OGA ON TOP THAT THE UNEMPLOYED
GRADUATES SEEKING FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES WILL APPPEAR IN COURT today ACCUSED AS
CULTIST. WHAT IS THE WHOLE THING TURNING INTO...A GROSS
DISPLAY OF ANARCHICAL RULERSHIP. WHAT MUST WE DO TO SALVAGE THE UGLY SITUATION,
MUST WE ALLOW THE OGA ON TOP TO JAIL THEM OR WE
TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORN TO STOP ''THEM''

Why are Ijaws complaining?
No be una dey celebrate Alam's pardon?
Enjoy your local dose of FRESH AIR
Didn't you chaps say last year's fuel subsidy protest was a gang up against your FRESH AIR son?
No SURE-P jobs in Bayelsa?
On a more serious note, start the Nigerian revolution from there and we will join you

The cause of the arrest was because unemployed graduates went out for a peaceful protest.

Bayelsa Unemployed Youth Forum led by Binaebi
Oyeghe and his peers has been arrested by the state
government for trying to carry out a peaceful protest.
Youths unarmed are been 'crucified' while the ones
with dangerous arms are been 'celebrated'. What a state!!!!!!

Lazy beyesian, all they want is free money and recognition.....now they will be added to ex militant for amnesty...
Haa haaaaa...beyelsa this bayelsa that....are you people the first to produce a president iin Nigeria....they should be the least quiet State.

The educated are protesting to get a job while the uneducated militants are being paid #65 000 monthly just to keep them from committing crime .


This is a sign of end time.

Tari Enoch: Bayelsa Unemployed Youth Forum led by Binaebi
Oyeghe and his peers has been arrested by the state
government for trying to carry out a peaceful protest.
Youths unarmed are been 'crucified' while the ones
with dangerous arms are been 'celebrated'. What a state!!!!!!

ar d un-employd graduates also seekin 4 amnesty?

Some fools after reading the post still want to know the reason for the protest

THERE GOES OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS:::EVERY MAN HAS A RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST

I have always said this- what is good for the Goose is good for the Gander.. They should have taken up arms instead than lead a peaceful protest. The Nigerian Goverment likes Violence.. You get paid in Nigeria being Violent!!

Seriake Dickson.. You are making new strides! Keep up the good work! Olośhi

This is a calculated attempt by the northerners to embarrass our son4 in government, what do you mean you are unemployed when we give out 65k to every agbero on the street monthly in the name of amnesty

Our state is the least state in terms of population yet our revenue is the 3rd highest in the country, we have so mush money that we even have a ghost perm sectm

That boy claiming to be a graduate where were you when your mates were in the creek no be paper qualification and intelligence we need.

Those boys must be sponsored by APC to bring disharmony in the home state of our oga at the top they must be jailed.

Okija_juju: Good move..




Bayelsa has the highest amount of workers in the Nigerian Civil Service (Thanks to Amnesty).. If they want Jobs, they should go and find arms and surrender it to the government and be employed by the government into the [size=14pt]Ministry of Amnesty[/size].

I'm not surprise about the police action, labeling them as cultist. Next action from the police will be dumping their bodies in a nearby river.
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Nigerian Police, whither ye
And they were asking for state police

Can Government provide job for Everybody?

God help us we youth. Check ma signature to receive the dstv software.

ochukoccna: Why are Ijaws complaining?
No be una dey celebrate Alam's pardon?
Enjoy your local dose of FRESH AIR
Didn't you chaps say last year's fuel subsidy protest was a gang up against your FRESH AIR son?
No SURE-P jobs in Bayelsa?
On a more serious note, start the Nigerian revolution from there and we will join you

Thank YOU!!!

Dats 1 of the major probs we have in this crazy country called ours.jobless youth protesting peacefully& some nasty unfed uniform men declining them from expressing their human right 2 a better life& liberty.wat a disgraceful and devilish leaders we hv. Its time we rise up& be counted,let our voices be heard. Pray God pass thru the land with its veil of hanger and letting those unwanted cabals 2 give way.

Well well well
What do you expect from a state that formed a committee to put a check on rumour-mongering

Griffint: This is how the Arab spring started.

I pray it does start here too!
And soon

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed fears that Nigeria will witness a revolution soon unless government takes urgent steps to check growing youth unemployment and poverty.
Speaking at the West African regional conference on youth employment in Dakar, Senegal at the weekend, Obasanjo said the danger posed by an army of unemployed youth in Nigeria can only be imagined.
Obasanjo added that despite what he called the imminent threat to Nigeria's nationhood "there is absence of serious, concrete, realistic, short and long term solution" to youth unemployment.
He made reference to the doctorate degree holders who applied for jobs as drivers at the Dangote Group, saying Nigerian youths have been patient enough and that this patience will soon reach its elastic limit.

https://www.nairaland.com/1100735/obasanjo-danger-posed-unemployed-youths

All of una smoke ganja?

Can you please find out the real truth of the matter, its not just employment ooo.

Bayelsa govt (& ND by extension) hardly reward hard work. Elders shd be working toward developing human resource in different fields, whereby the next intellectuals e.g Achebe, Ngozi, Soyinka, can come from the region and desists from rewarding violence by throwing money at the militants. Education shd be made more attractive & rewarding.

dondada1: Some fools after reading the post still want to know the reason for the protest

THERE GOES OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS:::EVERY MAN HAS A RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST

what did my oga hope to achieve by arresting the innocent and granting amnesty to cultist in yenagoa ehn