Ahead of the January 9, 2016 supplementary poll in Bayelsa State, the Peoples Democratic Party has said its main opponent, the All Progressives Congress, is fighting a lost battle.
The PDP said the governorship election had already been won and lost.
It said its candidate, Governor Seriake Dickson, was in an unassailable position, having won in six out of seven local government areas, with Southern Ijaw the only remaining area of contest.
“It’s a lost battle for the APC,” the PDP stated.
The party also said all those who caused the violence which led to wanton loss of lives and property during the cancelled election in Southern Ijaw and other parts of the state on December 5 would face the full wrath of the law.
The party described the alleged assault on the Chairman of Southern Ijaw LGA, Chief Remember Ogbe, by Governor Dickson as a “cock and bull story”, unworthy of any further comment.
In a statement on Wednesday by the Director of Publicity of the Restoration Campaign Organisation of the PDP, Mr. Jonathan Obuebite, there were attempts by the APC to whip up sentiments over efforts by the state government to ensure that justice took its course.
Obuebite said those who were arrested over the violence which marred the governorship election of December 5 and 6 were APC members.
He said all those arrested would be duly prosecuted and be made to face the full wrath of the law, if found guilty, regardless of their party affiliation.
He said it was now clear to those who were deceived that federal might would protect them from their impunity that there was no such thing.
Meanwhile, the APC, through the Sylva-Igiri Campaign Organisation, expressed its concern over what it described as the unbecoming violent actions of Dickson, particularly following the outcome of the governorship poll in Bayelsa.
The Director, Media and Publicity, SICO, Chief Nathan Egba, claimed that Dickson, who was reportedly disappointed with the PDP’s performance in the area, invited Ogbe to the Government House and gave him the beating of his life.
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