Bayelsa APC thugs destroy Dickson’s campaign billboards

The Restoration Campaign Organisation (RCO), an organ of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has raised the alarm over alleged destruction of its campaign billboards and pole fliers across the state by suspected thugs of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This is coming with about one month to the December 5 governorship election.
The RCO, therefore, called for timely intervention of security agencies.
During the week, suspected APC members attacked the convoy of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson while on his community-to-community campaign tour in Swali, Yenagoa council of the state.
The RCO, in a statement by its Director of Publicity, Jonathan Obuebite, on Friday in Yenagoa said the call became imperative so as to avoid political clash in the state.
According to him, most of the billboards erected by the ruling party in the state have been defaced while many were out-rightly damaged by people identified as APC faithful
“Over 70 per cent of our billboards in some communities in the state, to be precise, Kpansia, Agudama, Ovom and Igbogene have been defaced by the suspected members of the APC.
“This development lend credence to our position that APC is not ready for the contest, rather its members are looking for means to provoke us, so that there will be crisis in the state”, Obuebite stated.
He also called on officers of law enforcement agencies across the state to come to their aid and prevent their properties as well as protect them from intimidating acts of the APC
The RCO said: “We are law abiding people and we abhor violence in all forms, it is therefore disheartening that all our billboards are being defaced and destroyed without cause.
“We appeal to the Nigerian Police Force and other law enforcement agencies to come to our aid and protect us from this assault. We want to carry on our activities in a peaceful manner to maintain the peace that has been prevalent in this State.”
The RCO concluded that the PDP is for peace and will not in anyway jeopardize the peaceful coexistence in Bayelsa State.