The Senator Douye Diri Campaign Organisation has faulted the claim by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, that the violence that marred last Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State was caused by people he described as fake policemen.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the organization, Dr. Jonathan Obuebite, said in a statement on Wednesday that the IGP’s statement only reinforced the position of the party that security agencies connived with thugs of the All Progressives Congress APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission to rig the election in favour of the APC.
Obuebite stated that it was inconceivable for the police authorities to claim that fake policemen perpetrated the shocking subversion of the will of the Bayelsa people in the charade called governorship election in Bayelsa.
The campaign organisation spokesman wondered how fake policemen would overpower the over 32,000 genuine policemen who were deployed to provide security in the election.
Obuebite stated that it was inconceivable for the police authorities to claim that fake policemen perpetrated the shocking subversion of the will of the Bayelsa people in the charade called governorship election in Bayelsa.
Obuebite said that while it is distressing for the police to attribute the electoral violence in Bayelsa to fake policemen, it was a confirmation of the PDP’s earlier claim that security agencies, especially the Army, colluded with the electoral body and thugs of the APC to rig the election.
He said that the Police explanation was as incredible as it is untenable, as it did not explain why the original police did not arrest those fake policemen.
He also wondered how the so called fake policemen carried out arrests and took their victims to police stations. Thenationonlineng
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