Bayelsa guber poll: APC campaign council urges security agencies to keep the peace
Tamarauemi Ebimini
The November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Bayelsa state draws nearer, a member of the All progressives Congress (APC) campaign council, Mr Yekeni Nabena has called on security agencies to put in place measures to keep the peace in the state.
Nabena, who is a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling party also challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to quickly state clearly the election guidelines it will employ so as to avoid confusion.
Speaking to reporters in Abuja, Nabena said INEC has obligation to tell the voters whether it will use BVAS, transmit election results from the polling unit and other guidelines.
The APC chieftain said: “First and foremost, the security system should be focused in Bayelsa State. And INEC should come out plain this time around. Is it BVAS or we just do whatever we want to do while INEC takes it from there.
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” There is no clear direction. So you can do whatsoever you want to do then INEC can come back and do what they like. They are telling us INEC said they don’t have power to transmit.”
When asked about the chances of the party in the coming election, the Bayelsa born Nabena said: “We have done it before. We will still do it again. We have heard them saying by the side that they know what to do.
“You know they always collect it from the court. But this time around, it won’t work that way. They said even though APC wins it, they will collect it from the court but they will, be shocked by God’s grace.
“We are going to win. The PDP people won’t tell you the truth. In their campaign council, if you look at it, you will find out that their bigwigs like the Senator Dickson is not there. They will not tell you. Because the governor too has abused the Senator where he is from the same Senatorial District.”
On the recent mass defection to APC and the denial by the state government, Nabena said the governor and his party are afraid of what will become of their fate soon, adding that already there is confusion in the PDP camp of Sylva’s candidacy.
