APC thugs attack Dickson’s convoy

APC thugs attack Dickson’s convoy

By Our Reporter  on November 4, 2015   Politics

…Gov’s campaign group faults APC campaign strategy

SUSPECTED thugs in the All Progressives Congress (APC) uniform yesterday attacked the campaign train of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State at the popular Swali Market in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
The incident would have degenerated into a bloody brawl but for the prompt intervention of security aides attached to the governor’s convoy.
Describing the attack as barbaric and undemocratic, the Director of Publicity, Restoration Campaign Organisation, Jonathan Obuebite, in a statement made available to newsmen said the attack lends credence to what the people of Bayelsa have always known, that the APC is a violent party.
The statement read: “Clearly, the APC in Bayelsa State is not prepared for any election. They are prepared for war. We are a disciplined party, a peaceful party with a governor like Dickson, who came to re- store peace in the state.
“We advise all our supporters not to allow them- selves to be provoked by the APC and its brand of violent politics. We must preach peace at all times and maintain law and order because we are people of peace,” he said.
In another development, the Restoration Campaign Organisation, has described as deceitful the campaign strategy adopted by the APC, advising the party to look for other sane and more dignifying means of campaign.
The RCO advised Bayelsans and other residents of the state to be wary of the antics of APC members, “who are desperate to grab power through the back door by advancing various dubious means.”
A statement issued in Yenagoa by its Director of Media and Publicity, Jonathan was reacting to the flash sanitation exercise carried out by the APC which, it said, “has now confirmed to everyone the earlier assertion that it is indeed the so-called change party that is responsible for the heap of refuse around the state, particularly in Yenagoa the state capital.”