The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned Governor Duoye Diri and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for allegedly trying to influence the relocation of the collation of results for Brass Local Government Area in the Bayelsa governorship election. Brass is an important stronghold for the APC and had a significant voter turnout in favor of their candidate, Timipre Sylva. The statement was issued by the APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka.
The party alleged that the move to move the collation center was a strategic effort to manipulate the electoral outcome in favor of the PDP.
“INEC must stand its ground and collate the votes of Brass LGA in Brass as mandated by law before moving to Yenagoa for the final state collation.
“We also vehemently condemn Governor Diri’s fervent incitement of violent protests at the Peace Park in Yenagoa. This is utterly irresponsible and a violation of his oath of office as Governor.
“The people of Bayelsa deserve to vote and have results of the election declared in peace and safety. Governor Diri must stand down on his attempt to set Bayelsa state ablaze and uphold the important duty of his office as the Chief Security Officer of Bayelsa State,” the party said in a statement.