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Supplementary election: Guns boom in Bayelsa; hoodlums invade Gov’s Lodge, shoot ex-speaker, council chair; disarm policemen

Chidi Roberts — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 19:31:29 +0000

Twenty four hours to the supplementary election in Bayelsa State, hoodlums went on the rampage on Friday, unleashing violence in the South-South state. In Ekeremor, militants took over the community, shooting sporadically and injuring the former Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Boyelayefa Debekeme, […]

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Bayelsa: Lokpobiri loses home support to PDP as Ekeremor communities endorse Dickson’s re-election

Chidi Roberts — Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:35:21 +0000

Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development and Director General of Sylva/Igiri Campaign Organization of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, on Tuesday, lost his home support to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). All the communities in his Ekeremor Local Government Area of the South-South state unanimously endorsed the […]

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Dickson tasks FG, security agencies on credible polls, condemns Ekeremor killing

Chidi Roberts — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 22:40:22 +0000

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has called on the Federal Government and the international community to prevail on all institutions that have a role to play in the conduct of the forthcoming election in the state, including security agencies, to be above board in the discharge of their duties. Speaking at the inauguration of the […]

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Bayelsa PDP denies complicity in Ekeremor violence

Chidi Roberts — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 22:03:11 +0000

The Bayelsa Restoration Campaign Organisation has denied any complicity in the alleged attack on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oweigbene community in Ekeremor Local Government Area of the state which the party said led to death. In a statement by the Director of Publicity of the organization, Jonathan Obuebite, the PDP said […]

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