BAYELSA State governor, Douye Diri has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to breach the peace in the state, even as he vowed never to release any public facility in the state for the planned mega rally by the Rivers State born minister.
Governor Diri, who warned that the state government would not condone any act that would disrupt the peace of the state, advised security commanders, youths, elders and traditional rulers to be on the alert.
The Bayelsa governor spoke on the issue on Thursday at separate meetings with the Bayelsa Elders Council and at the 37th session of the state security council.
He warned that a planned mega rally and inauguration of a group loyal to the former River State governor was capable of igniting an avoidable crisis in the Bayelsa State.
Diri noted that a suspended member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), George Turner, had been enlisted to create factions in the party in the state.
The governor also stated that holding such an event at a time when the political crisis in Rivers State had heightened ethnic tensions could degenerate into conflict in the state.
He further stated that the alarm was imperative given that the FCT Minister had threatened to cause a crisis in PDP-governed states in the country.
He said: “Any attempt to import the Rivers State political crisis into Bayelsa will be resisted. I urge security commanders in the state to be on the alert. Parents and traditional rulers should discourage their wards and children from being used by unscrupulous elements to cause trouble in the state.”
Diri, who insisted that the peaceful disposition of the Ijaws should not be misconstrued for cowardice, said the state would not allow a faceless group to foment trouble in Bayelsa, which is the homeland of all Ijaw people.
“As you are aware, we have threats from our sister state. The political crisis there is threatening us and we will not allow what is happening there to come into Bayelsa State
“We had in our party a renegade, who has decided to form a parallel PDP in Bayela State.”
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