The governorship election in Bayelsa state has opened on a bloody note with four persons already gunned down. In Oporoma. headquarters of Southern Ijaw, some ex-militants as early as 6:00 am allegedly led thugs to open fire on the LG to disrupt the distribution of election materials.
The sporadic gunshots led to the death of four peoples as JTF tried to repel the rampaging armed thugs.
An eye witness confirmed that gunshots still rents the air as the JTF called for reinforcement.
Similar gunshots just coming from Brass says that PDP supporters are currently being attacked with guns and machetes.
The people are calling on security agencies to deploy more of their men to the area.
Also in Nembe Bassambri, reports of deadly attacks by thugs aided by the military and policemen is currently going on.
A member of Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Princess Ingo Iwowari was attacked and stripped of all her belongings,min lauding personal cash.
"The security operatives should as a matter of urgency deploy more of their men to the area" a resident pleaded. For more scintillating and juicy stories, follow the official Naijapals accounts On Twitter - https://twitter.com/Naijapals and Facebook - www.facebook.com/naijapals
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Posted: at 5-12-2015 10:22 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
zezprincess at 5-12-2015 10:34 AM (9 years ago) (f)
Haba,why must election be a do or die affair?hate all these!,inec if the state can't allow it to be free&fair election,better cancel it,until normalcy returns to that state,rubbish!.
Posted: at 5-12-2015 10:34 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
why you guys are doing like this now nw, killing in the name of unuseful politics. i just dnt understand these country. well its only God that can save us frm these mess.
Posted: at 6-12-2015 04:40 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Leave PDP alone. Why are APC scared of loosing. Are they thinking baleysa pple don't know wat they want?
For your mind @winace, who give you hope that it was pdp that will be nxt governor again. it was pdp that was scaring of lossing to apc, that is why they are snachng inec box up and dwn
Posted: at 6-12-2015 04:45 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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