Members of the National Assembly from the South South
geopolitical region have commended the people of Bayelsa State for the way and
manner they voted Governor Seriake Dicksoin across all local governments in the
state. In the results released so far Seriake Dickson of the PDP is leading the
All Progressives Congress candidate Timi Sylva in 6 local governments while the
APC won just one LGA
The members who spoke with our crew during a mini survey
carried out by our reporters at the National Assembly today, commended INEC for
cancelling the results of the Southern Ijaw local government stressing that it
would have been an embarrassment to democracy.
The members said Bayelsa people showed they cannot be in intimidated
by Federal might or lured by the lucre of ‘government in power syndrome’
The members who craved anonymity because the final results
have not been mentioned said that the violence that greeted the conduct of the election
in some parts of the state especially southern Ijaw which precipitated the
cancellation of the result in the local government area was uncalled for.
Most persons our reporters spoke with outside the National
Assembly urged the people of Bayelsa state not to allow themselves to become a
source of national mockery through the way and manner they comport themselves
in the forthcoming elections. They told our reporters that the people of the
state should not allow themselves to be tainted with violence stigma.
One Ere Ebiski who spoke with our reporter in Bayelsa State
said resorting to violence shows that the people have failed to learn from history.
In his words “I think we ought to have outgrown this form of politicking.
Resorting to such atavistic tendencies will only do us greater harm.”
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