Bayelsa governorship: APC raises alarm over arms stockpiling

The All Progressives Congress, (APC)’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, My Yekini Nabena, has joined traditional rulers in Bayelsa State in raising the alarm over weapons being stockpiled ahead of the November 16 governorship election.

Nabena told journalists on Thursday in Abuja, that his home State was being transformed to a war zone ahead of the election.

He said Governor Seriake Dickson, who had “clearly” seen that defeat was imminent for his candidate, had now resorted to deploying violence to force his will on the people.

The Bayelsa-born APC chieftain called on heads of security agencies to “closely” monitor the operations of their personnel in the state before and during the governorship election.

“Recently, traditional rulers in Bayelsa state reported to INEC on the arms stockpile in the state, which is happening on the watch of the current state government.

“As the INEC chairman stated, traditional rulers don’t belong to any political party, and they don’t support any candidate, so our security agencies cannot afford to fold their hands on this. We must take their reports very seriously. We have a duty to protect INEC and the voters to ensure free and safe elections,” he said.

Nabena said the people of Bayelsa were ready to defend their votes and reject the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate and Governor Dickson’s stooge.