Saturday 15 January 2011
On 7:27 am by Bayelsa News Update No comments
There are reports that six persons were killed at Opokuma, Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government area of Bayelsa State when Chief Timi Alaibe, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party had a mini flag off in his country home.
Alaibe, former special Adviser to the presidency on Niger Delta Affairs who dumped the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) last year to actualize his guber ambition had arrived his country home from Abuja when he was attacked by opposition elements.
The political machine of incumbent governor Timipre Sylva has been thrown into confusion in the past three months following reports that the Opokuma born politician had indicated interest to contest the 2011 guber race in the state.
It is obvious that the attackers of the former presidential aide had trailed his convoy from the Port Harcourt International airport to his country home where the labor Party guber hosted a mini campaign for 2011 race.
There are reports that several governorship aspirants on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) especially those from Bayelsa West senatorial zone who are desperate for power accompanied the former NDDC boss.
However, Bayelans have mixed feelings over the seriousness of the former presidential aide to the guber project considering the fact that Alaibe had in the past contested the governorship election but had to step down due to pressures from his “godfathers”
Timi Alaibe was reported to have rejected proposals for a counter attack against those perceived to the responsible for the mayhem that was designed to destabilize his political structure for the polls.
The Chairman of Labor Party in the state, Mr. Atari Bobou-Adou told BOF on telephone that he had been in hiding due to series of threats to his life and was not at Opokuma when the incident occurred.
Bobou-Adou explained that the guber hopeful had to abort a scheduled visit to the party secretariat in Yenagoa, the state capital when the attackers stormed his Opokuma residence in a bid to destabilize Aliabe.
However, the state police command claims only two persons were killed during the crisis while several other persons sustained injuries thus sending conflicting signals on the incident.
Alaibe, former special Adviser to the presidency on Niger Delta Affairs who dumped the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) last year to actualize his guber ambition had arrived his country home from Abuja when he was attacked by opposition elements.
The political machine of incumbent governor Timipre Sylva has been thrown into confusion in the past three months following reports that the Opokuma born politician had indicated interest to contest the 2011 guber race in the state.
It is obvious that the attackers of the former presidential aide had trailed his convoy from the Port Harcourt International airport to his country home where the labor Party guber hosted a mini campaign for 2011 race.
There are reports that several governorship aspirants on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) especially those from Bayelsa West senatorial zone who are desperate for power accompanied the former NDDC boss.
However, Bayelans have mixed feelings over the seriousness of the former presidential aide to the guber project considering the fact that Alaibe had in the past contested the governorship election but had to step down due to pressures from his “godfathers”
Timi Alaibe was reported to have rejected proposals for a counter attack against those perceived to the responsible for the mayhem that was designed to destabilize his political structure for the polls.
The Chairman of Labor Party in the state, Mr. Atari Bobou-Adou told BOF on telephone that he had been in hiding due to series of threats to his life and was not at Opokuma when the incident occurred.
Bobou-Adou explained that the guber hopeful had to abort a scheduled visit to the party secretariat in Yenagoa, the state capital when the attackers stormed his Opokuma residence in a bid to destabilize Aliabe.
However, the state police command claims only two persons were killed during the crisis while several other persons sustained injuries thus sending conflicting signals on the incident.
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