Barely a week to the Governorship election in Bayelsa State, leaders of Bayelsa Progressives Forum have vowed to resist any form of intimidation or harassment of voters by security agents, especially the Police.
They threatened that if nothing urgent was done to address the issue, they would be left with no choice, but to lead mass protests against the development.
Coordinator of the Forum, Timi Osborn said; “these incidents are reported to be taking place in the run-up to the forthcoming governorship election, slated for the 11th of November 2023, in the State. The Forum called on the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, whose primary responsibility is to maintain law and order in the country, to immediately investigate these allegations and take necessary steps to ensure that SWAT officers operating in Nembe communities adhere to the highest standards of professionalism and respect for human rights.
The Forum said it was unacceptable, that citizens, who are registered voters in certain communities of the State, would be driven out of their ancestral communities during elections, owing to the desperation of politicians to be elected into offices.
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