Governor Seriake Dickson has said never
again will Bayelsa State harbor criminals
and rogue elements as contestants for
power.
“Going forward, the Bayelsa political space
will only be for those who have the
intellectual rigour to trade their fine ideas in
exchange for votes, not bullets. Our society
must groom new set of leaders who will
only access power through their superior
ideas to regenerate society rather than
through the barrel of the gun”, he stated.
The governor who spoke through his
Director of Publicity of his Campaign
Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, shortly
after the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) declared him winner
said that the victory was important because
it came the way of the PDP even in the face
of intimidation, tyranny, threats and violent
attacks. He observed that “despite the
challenges, democracy won.”
Obuebite said, “We want to use this
opportunity to sincerely thank all Bayelsans
for their doggedness and patriotism because
even in the face of such terrible intimidation
and violence decided, out of their own
volition, they came out to re-elect and return
the Countryman Governor to office for the
next four years. We are grateful for your
remarkable decision as expected in a
democracy.
“The people have spoken and we are indeed
grateful. It’s your victory, you the good
people of Bayelsa State. Without doubt, a
new dawn is here. Bayelsans, through their
uncommon courage have defeated tyranny
and oppression by voting for the
continuation of the restoration of our dignity
and pride as amply demonstrated through
their votes.”
He noted that the victory was a sweet one
which signposts the end of an era of a
political class whose stock in trade was
“violence, brigandage, militancy and
bloodletting as the only means of accessing
power.”
Obuebite condemned the sheer scale of
violence and mayhem that characterized the
2015 governorship election in the state,
saying it will go down in history as one with
the highest record of casualties.
While calling for the arrest and prosecution
of the perpetrators of the reported killings,
the governor also condoled with the families
of those who lost their loved ones. He
dedicated his victory at last Saturday’s
rerun poll to the people of Bayelsa State
who, he said, in the face of intimidation and
violence perpetrated by the opposition camp
still turned out enmasse to vote for him.
Also speaking after his victory, Dickson
thanked the electorate for their gallantry in
ensuring his re-election for another four
years, but said there would be no
celebration because of the number of lives
that have been lost.
In another statement signed by his Chief
Press Secretary, Daniel Iworiso-Markson,
the governor vowed that he would do
everything possible to identify the
perpetrators and bring them to justice. He
promised to work tirelessly to justify the
mandate given to him as he had tried to “do
in the first four years to almost universal
acknowledgement and approbation.”
He described his victory as triumph for
democracy, adding that there would be no
celebration because of the people that lost
their lives during the election, The Punch
reports. Dickson, who promised to bring the
killers to book also restated his commitment
to work tirelessly to justify the mandate
given to him. Dickson, who extended a hand
of fellowship to his political opponents said
election had been won and lost, noting that
there is a need for Bayelsans and the
challenge of improving their material
condition remained his focus.
He said, “Sadly, however, the elections were
conducted at the price of several lives lost
and mayhem visited on many communities
by mindless brigands clearly suborned by
those who do not respect the democratic
process and have equally scant regard for
the sanctity of lives and property.
Unfortunately, we can’t celebrate because
people have died.

But the APC candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva
told the governor that he was merely over
what the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) and the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) colluded to deny
him and the APC victory at the poll. While
reacting to the outcome of the election,
Sykva announced that he will seek redress
at the election petition tribunal.
Outlining his reasons for kicking against the
conduct of the election, he said, “I am sure
you are aware of my complaints about INEC
in Bayelsa. I had initially complained about
the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC),
Baritoh Kpagih and the Administrative
Secretary of INEC.I said it repeatedly and
even put it to writing.”
“Usually before a general election, the INEC
officials are switched. But they choose to
keep the PDP rigging machine. This was the
same rigging machine that returned former
President Goodluck Jonathan 100 per cent.
We felt these people could not conduct a
free and fair election. All our cry fell on deaf
ears.
“Even the REC descended into the arena by
accusing a faceless candidate of offering
him bribe. A REC that was arguing with a
candidate is allowed to conduct an election.
This is strange. From the beginning, INEC
was playing a game. Materials from the
nearest communities were deployed first,
while those in farthest communities were
sent last. They didn’t not send materials to
Ezetu,Azuzuama,Ukubie,Foropa and
Koluama early. What they did was to
frustrate the election process because they
had a lead.
“And also the outcome could have been
declared inconclusive with outstanding
votes of 53,000 cancelled. They went
against the laws. They plotted against the
APC. Anywhere APC won,they cancelled.
They rigged the distribution of materials.
Even the vehicles used were provided by the
State Government.
“What we agreed was that the INEC should
move materials from the Registration Area
Centre (RAC) but they changed it to units
and communities. While our people were
waiting at the RAC,they never knew the
whereabout of the election materials. By the
time they knew,they could not enter their
communities due to armed men deployed by
the PDP.”
Sylva described the victory as an alleged
“result of collation between INEC and PDP”,
adding that in any free and fair election,the
APC will win. He said though the APC will
seek redress in the Election Petition Tribunal,
the decision to declare a winner is an open
display of impunity, as well as “a desperate
attempt to take over the state.”
On the alleged failure by the INEC to declare
the re-Run poll inclusive due to the
noticeable differences between the number
of cancelled votes of 53,000 and the lead
secured by Governor Dickson of PDP at
46,000, Sylva said the INEC violated the law.
Sylva said, “the law did not say that the
supplementary election can not be declared
inconclusive. The law has been turned down
and it is not right .It was due to the fact that
the INEC is desperate to announce the
result. I did not just write the petition.”
He also noted with concern the refusal of
the Chief Returning Officer, Professor Zane
Akpagu to rule on complaints and petitions
by the APC on alleged rigging and other
irregularities. “The panel said they don’t
have power to cancel results in the Local
Government levels,But they invoked such
power to cancel the Southern Ijaw
election.Suddenly they did not have such
powers anymore.”


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Hahahahah

when the countryman governor was campaigning from one community to the other
Sylva was relying on the support of the ex-millitants who were in the creeks when INEC was conducting voters registration in the state


we saw this pix, APC e-rats said its photoshopped