By Bimbo Ogunnaike
Two days to Saturday’s election in Bayelsa State, some ex-militants under the umbrella of Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders, (NDRC) have alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Governor Seriake Dickson, of importing and recruiting thugs from neighbouring states to disrupt the elections.
NDRC said it received intelligence report that some notorious cultists and renowned PDP thugs from the state were contracted to import mercenaries from Ondo and Rivers states to hijack election materials and to unleash terror on APC strongholds in the state.
Izon-ebi further urged the security agencies in the state to begin raiding of some designated hotels belonging to friends and relatives of the Governor as well as the government house Castle and all the super lodge apartments to avert the evil plots cruelly designed by Dickson to cause a bloodbath in the state.
“One of the mercenaries had discussed with the group’s informants fortnight ago and revealed that their mission to cause violence in APC strongholds to cause cancellation,”he said.
The group assured the people that the APC was prepared to win the election in a free, fair and credible manner while calling on the international body to beam their searchlight on the state.
“Bayelsa State does not have anything to show for despite the monies received, we can’t boast of any reasonable project but our monies are being used for the invitation of miscreants to perpetrate violence and breach the peace in the state”
