Bayelsa: Dickson Reacts To Increased Spate Of Kidnappings, Criminality
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has reacted to the increased spate of kidnapping and criminality in parts of the metropolisGovernor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has reacted to the increased spate of kidnapping and criminality in parts of the metropolis, Daily Post reports.
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state laments the increased rate of kidnappings and other form of criminality in the state.
Speaking on Tuesday, December 22, after a meeting of the State Security
Council in Yenagoa, the governor expressed concern over criminality and reiterated his administration’s commitment to curb the happenings.
Dickson disclosed that his government had concluded plans to unveil comprehensive security framework to mitigate the insecurity in parts of the state. He warned that anybody caught participating in any form of criminality would be brought to book and prosecuted according to law.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer and incumbent governor of the state, however, urged the residents not quickly attribute motives to the recent kidnappings, adding that for the now, the trend is still consider as a crime until the police investigation confirm otherwise.
Dickson assured the people of his administration’s decision to deal with the kingpins behind the perpetrators of evil in the state. He revealed that efforts have been stepped up to make sure the lives and properties of all residents are safe.
The PDP chieftain also used the medium to plead with the youths not to let themselves to be used under whatever guise to perpetrate crime, stressing that no one would be spared when caught. He also pleaded with the people to go about their legitimate activities without fear of victimization as security operatives have been put on the alert to apprehend criminals and their associates.
Meanwhile, since the inconclusive governorship election that was conducted in the state on December 5, the two main contenders in the poll, Governor Dickson of the PDP and Timipre Sylva of the APC have been engaged in a war of words.
Sylva had at several times alleged that his major contender, Dickson is responsible for the violence and criminality that had plagued the state before and after the gubernatorial race.
In a recent statement issued by Nathan Egba, director of media and publicity, Sylva-Igiri Governorship Campaign Organisation, alleged that the governor shunned security matters and hunted assumed political enemies.
“The APC is worried at the increasing rate of violent crime, including kidnappings across the state, which is believed to be a direct result of the total abandonment of governance by the Dickson-led administration in favour of politics,” Egba said.
He further hinted that the state’s APC was also nervous about the desperation of Dickson and his party in winning the rerun election. He cautioned them and called on security agencies to embark on more intelligence gathering and arrest those planning chaos before the rerun polls.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cancelled the election in Southern Ijaw local government area of the state following irregularities and violence that marred the exercise in the area. The commission is expected to conducted a rerun poll on January 9, in the council area which is said to have the highest number of voters in the state.
But, ahead of the January 9 supplementary election in the state, the Governor Dickson has asked the INEC to declare him the winner of the December 5 poll.
In a related development, professor Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has stated that the commission will not alter the quality of elections in order to record a conclusive result.
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