Yenagoa—Ahead of the February 5, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential campaign rally in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, the state Police command has warned individuals and groups that have no lawful business in the state to stay away from the state in their interest.
Two groups, Bayelsa Youth Vanguard, BYV, and Mangrove Boys of Bayelsa, MBB, had threatened to attack the First Lady if she accompanied her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, to the proposed presidential rally over her alleged involvement in a plot to embarrass the state governor during the event.
Meanwhile, the state government has condemned the threat by the faceless youth groups asking the First Lady not to attend the planned Presidential rally in the state.
The government, in a statement by Daniel Iworiso-Markson, Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, described the purported threat to the First Lady as the handiwork of the opposition and some faceless groups, which only exist on the pages of newspapers and should not be taken serious.
Similarly, the state Police Commissioner, Mr. Valentine NtomChukwu, yesterday in Yenagoa, said that the command will use all necessary lawful mechanism at its disposal, to confront and deal with any person or group of persons planning to foment trouble in the state.
He said: “The attention of the Bayelsa State Police Command has been drawn to a publication in the media that the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, will be disgraced if she attends the PDP presidential rally in Yenagoa.
“I want to warn such groups, especially the so called Bayelsa Youth Vanguard and Mangrove Boys of Bayelsa, to desist from making such provocative and inciting publications likely to threaten the existing peace currently being enjoyed by Bayelsans as the police will not hesitate to deal decisively according to extant laws any such groups when arrested.”
The police, he assured, will provide adequate security for the First Lady and other political groups that want to visit Bayelsa for political rallies, campaigns or legitimate businesses.”
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