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Barely 12 Hours to Bayelsa State gubernatorial election, the All progressives Congress, (APC) has accused Governor Duoye Diri of hoarding palliatives provided by the Federal Government to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal.
The Party in a statement issued by the National publicity Felix Morka, said Diri, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is now offloading and distributing truckloads of palliatives hours to Saturday’s governorship election clearly aimed at illegally unfairly inducing voters in the state.
The statement reads: After months of hoarding the palliatives provided by the Federal Government to cushion the effects of the subsidy removal, Governor Diri, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is now offloading and distributing truckloads of palliatives hours to Saturday’s governorship election clearly aimed at illegally unfairly inducing voters in the state.
“Governor Diri bears a solemn duty to put the welfare of citizens of the state over and above his personal or political ambition. His action of withholding distribution of critical palliatives for the purpose of electoral manipulation is a betrayal of, and gross disservice to, Bayelsa people.
‘We urge the relevant security agencies to urgently and thoroughly investigate reports of alleged stockpiling of arms and ammunition by leaders and chieftains of the PDP amid rife plots to disrupt the electoral process and intimidate voters, particularly in APC voting strongholds.
“We also urge the Bayelsan electorate to reciprocate Governor Diri’s treachery by denying him the mandate to continue in office.”