The Bayelsa State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC has condemned the May 22 killing of residents of Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, by the Police.
In a statement released on Wednesday, May 23 in Yenagoa and signed by APC’s State Publicity Secretary-Elect, Mr Doifie Buokoribo, the party described the killings as an unwarranted display of raw power against defenseless natives.
It blamed Governor Henry Seriake Dickson for failing to exercise mature leadership through sincere dialogue with the protesting residents, but choosing to invite the Police and Army to visit death and destruction on the people.
APC lamented what it called “pointless cruelty” by Governor Dickson against the community of former Governor of the State and Governor-General of the Ijaw nation, late Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, saying it is a re-enactment of a previous inhuman behaviour meted out to Alamieyeseigha by Dickson.
APC called for the immediate withdrawal of the soldiers from Amassoma to allow the people return to the deserted community and an independent inquiry into the killings. It appealed to the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA to send relief materials to the community to reduce their suffering.
According to APC, Tuesday’s onslaught on Amassoma, on the alleged orders of Dickson, “shouldn’t really surprise anyone because it was the same Dickson who along with other protesters, buried an empty Alamieyeseigha coffin in Yenagoa years ago, in his most trying time. Dickson has apparently decided to kill Alamieyeseigha a second time.
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