Bayelsa Guber: APC cries out over alleged plot to collate Brass LGA’s results in Yenagoa.

Bayelsa Guber: APC cries out over alleged plot to collate Brass LGA’s results in Yenagoa.

Joel Oladele, Abuja

All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised an alarm over an alleged plot by Governor Duoye Diri and Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to move collation of results of Brass Local Government Area to the State capital, Yenagoa.

This was contained in a statement signed on Sunday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka.

According to the statement, the Local Government Area in question is one of the major strongholds of APC and urged INEC not to compromise its stand by dancing to the tune of the incumbent Governor and his party.

The statement read: “Our attention has been drawn to brazen efforts by Governor Duoye Diri and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to unlawfully and unduly pressure the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to move collation of results of Brass Local Government Area to Yenagoa, the State capital.

“Brass, remarkably, is a major stronghold of our great party where the people have voted massively for our candidate, Timipre Sylva. The move is a calculated attempt to manipulate the result of the votes in favour 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.”