Show of Force in Bayelsa as Gov Diri's Supporters Clash with Wike Loyalists Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri and supporters of FCT Minister Nyesom Wike are at imparity over a planned rally in encouragement of Wike and President Bola Tinubu, along with the inauguration of a political group in Bayelsa
The Round Table reveals that Diri had cautioned that the April 12 rally could spark confrontation.
He disclosed: “Holding such a juncture when political tensions are high in Rivers State could fuel crisis in Bayelsa,” Diri reported. “Any attempt to import the Rivers turmoil here will be resisted. I summon on security commanders, parents and traditional rulers to dissuade their wards from being utilized to cause trouble.”
Diri likewise implicated a faction within the Bayelsa Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), allegedly aligned with a former governor, of attempting to create instability.
“We have a renegade in our party who has formed a parallel PDP in Bayelsa, working with an ex-governor. He was portion of the discredited PDP South-South zonal congress, which was turned down by our National Working Committee,” Diri stated. “Bayelsa is the cradle of the Ijaw nation. We will not allow faceless groups to disrupt our peace.”
Rally organizer George Turnah disputed Diri’s concerns. “The rally is meant to encourage President Tinubu and Minister Wike. It is not about destabilising Bayelsa or any state,” Turnah disclosed. “The New Associates is the grassroots political movement mobilising encouragement for Tinubu’s administration in the South-South.”
Turnah further addressed Diri’s suggest that he was collaborating with a former governor to cause turmoil.
“I am not only a PDP member in consideration likewise the serving zonal secretary of the party in the South-South. I do not understand what office the governor is alleging me of holding if I am not a party member,” he reported.
Following Diri’s admonition, security agencies in Bayelsa staged a show of amplitude, patrolling major streets in Yenagoa.
Led by personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH under the Central Naval Command, the exercise involved officers from the Nigerian Army, Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Immigration Service, and Correctional Service.
Commodore Omobamidele Akinbami of NNS SOROH reported, “This show of magnitude reassures Bayelsa residents that security agencies are alert and ready to act whenever wanted. The peace in this state will be maintained, and we are here to ensure it.”
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Published 3/31/2025