The acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in Bayelsa, Chief Serena Dokubo has said that
some armed thugs invaded his family house attacked him
and some of his aids on Saturday, December 4.
The party boss made this claim while speaking with our
correspondent in Bayelsa, narrating what himself and his
family suffered in the hands of the thugs.
”It is really a tragedy for democracy. We went to Brass to
cast our votes. Around 8 o’clock in the morning, I could see
some young men fully armed with guns, daggers behind the
house. I made number of calls to some high ranking
security officers informing them of an attempt to invade my
house. The thugs invaded my house, broke the doors and
windows.
”I called the security personnel again to come to our aide.
They didn’t come while these boys were invading my house.
The hoodlums eventually got to my bedroom. We had
basically said our last prayers. They broke the door to the
bedroom and began hitting and beating us.
”Another set came and we were screaming but there was no
help until the police detailed to be in charge came with a
team and took us to the police station which was more or
less a safe haven. I was stabbed while my house keeper
and IT man were beaten mercilessly,” he said.
There were reports of electoral violence during the just
concluded gubernatorial election in the state with the
APC and the PDP accusing each other of being
responsible for the attacks.
Timipre Sylva, the APC gubernatorial candidate had
earlier raised an alarm over the infiltration of the
community and the entire state by thugs.
Sylva also disclosed an attempt to attack him but the
effort of operatives of the Joint Task Force prevented the
attack.
”There is a proliferation of armed thugs in the state and
even in this community (Brass), there are armed thugs but
luckily the youth of the community were vigilant and were
able to fish them out. So far the community is calm.
”I actually saw them because the JTF had them on display.
They were actually floating in on the river waiting for my
boat but luckily for us information got to the JTF and they
were arrested. So I wasn’t told but I witnessed it.” he said.
The results of the gubernatorial poll in Bayelsa are being
collated from the nooks and crannies of the state and the
results are expected to be announced this morning
December 6 at the INEC collation centre in Yenogoa.
While the waiting game is on, Bayelsans and political
analysts are on the watch to see who will govern the
affair of the state in the next four years.
Below, watch the confession of a suspected political thug
arrested in Bayelsa:
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