Monday 11 April 2011
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A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senatorial candidate for Bayelsa west, Hon. Heineken Lokpobiri, representing Sagbama/Ekeremor, has been arrested by men of the security service of the state for allegedly manipulating the National Assembly election in that district.
Ekeremor Local Government Area which was a war zone earlier in the botched election leaving about two persons dead and a state security service officer with gun wounds while Sagbama a free zone for electoral fraud and intimidations.
Reportedly, he was arrested at the Eanest Sesei Ikoli press centre secretariat, when he allegedly led a house of representative candidate for Southern-Ijaw , elders and other party supporters to brief the press over the just concluded NASS election.
Journalist were surprise over his arrest because he had earlier denied that there weren’t any attempt for his arrest, adding that elections in that district were free and fair in all wards except the two wards were the Labour Party senatorial candidate disenfranchise the people of that constituency from exhibiting their human right.
Lokpobiri challenged the Independence National Electoral Commissions position over the withdrawal of the previous declaration of the Bayelsa west senatorial district result, maintaining that INEC does not have the legal authority to go back and review the result that has already been declared.
The senator whose argument was based on the press released issued and signed by the public affairs officer, Mrs. Priscilia Imoudu Sule, that the previous announced result in favour of the PDP senatorial candidate was declared in error as the election results are still being reviewed due to widespread irregularities reported during the April 9th 2011 elections, stated that if INEC wants to do things fairly to affirm that they conducted a free and fair elections in the state to mark an history breaking record they shouldn’t interfere with the results.
He also accused the retired National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, of working with opposition parties in the state against the president of the country to purport security reports and instigate violence in Bayelsa. He also threatened INEC not to incite the public and the ruling people’s party in the state and country
Ekeremor Local Government Area which was a war zone earlier in the botched election leaving about two persons dead and a state security service officer with gun wounds while Sagbama a free zone for electoral fraud and intimidations.
Reportedly, he was arrested at the Eanest Sesei Ikoli press centre secretariat, when he allegedly led a house of representative candidate for Southern-Ijaw , elders and other party supporters to brief the press over the just concluded NASS election.
Journalist were surprise over his arrest because he had earlier denied that there weren’t any attempt for his arrest, adding that elections in that district were free and fair in all wards except the two wards were the Labour Party senatorial candidate disenfranchise the people of that constituency from exhibiting their human right.
Lokpobiri challenged the Independence National Electoral Commissions position over the withdrawal of the previous declaration of the Bayelsa west senatorial district result, maintaining that INEC does not have the legal authority to go back and review the result that has already been declared.
The senator whose argument was based on the press released issued and signed by the public affairs officer, Mrs. Priscilia Imoudu Sule, that the previous announced result in favour of the PDP senatorial candidate was declared in error as the election results are still being reviewed due to widespread irregularities reported during the April 9th 2011 elections, stated that if INEC wants to do things fairly to affirm that they conducted a free and fair elections in the state to mark an history breaking record they shouldn’t interfere with the results.
He also accused the retired National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, of working with opposition parties in the state against the president of the country to purport security reports and instigate violence in Bayelsa. He also threatened INEC not to incite the public and the ruling people’s party in the state and country
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