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Representative of Pdp speaks to Prof. Jega, shakes his hand and walks away...SOmething is fishy


After announcing the presidential election results, Prof. Jega called all party agents to come on stage at the collation center and sign the Presidential election sheet by INEC, and every agent did except the agent for PDP. He climbed the stage, spoke with Jega, shook his hands and walked away without signing the result sheet.

Commercial Tricycle operators in Bayelsa State,popularly known as Keke Napep riders, today staged a protest against alleged excessive use of force and extortion by Policemen along the streets and highways following an attack on a middle aged pregnant woman by a Police Inspector at Azikoro village road in the state.


The police inspector whose identity is still unknown,was reported to have used the butt of his rifle to hit the pregnant woman while trying to hit a Keke Napep driver who had refused to part with a N50 bribe.

According to eyewitnesses, when the driver refused to pay the money, the police inspector attempted to hit the keke rider with his gun but the keke rider was smart enough to avoid the attack and the seven months old pregnant received the blow on her stomach.

While some senior officials of the Azikoro Divisional Police Headquarters described the action of the police inspector as "careless" and they denied the alleged use of the butt of the rifle on the woman, but the irate protesters claimed the action of the police led to excessive bleeding of the pregnant women from the mouth.


TNN gathered that the attempts by the protesters to barricade the premises of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) along the Azikoro road was thwarted by armed policemen who shot tear gas into the crowd.

The incident however attracted the attention of newsmen who had gone to the NUJ secretariat for a meeting.

One of the protesting Keke Napep driver,Kingsley Okubo,told leadership that the activities of Policemen at check points during the day and at night is unbecoming,"this is a small state but the amount paid as bribe to policemen is exorbitant and fearful. Can you imagine we pay as much as N600 daily. It is wrong and criminal."

"Most of our passengers are embarrassed by these policemen at night. They extort us and some of the passengers. They call everyone criminal even while they know that some of them are just going to clubs or bars for relaxation. It is wrong and not speaking well about night life in the state."

Contacted on the development,the spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr. Alex Akhigbe,said he has been briefed,the command will investigate the incident.

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