A feud is on between Governor Seriake Dickson and the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa state following the invasion of the home of Mr. Richie Etonye, an accountant attached to the Bayelsa State Government House by the police.
Policemen numbering over 50 had last Tuesday, August 23, 2016, invaded the home of the governor’s aide.
The invasion was because of missing money belonging to the government which was put in the region of $4.6m.
The governor, who described the invasion of Etonye’s home as an “an act of irresponsibility”, alleged that the invasion was conducted on the instruction of leaders of the APC in Abuja.
But the APC, in a reaction on Sunday, challenged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to investigate the matter.
The party, in a statement by its state Publicity Secretary, Fortune Panebi said, ‘’The story about the allegedly stolen cash of $4.6m is shocking. This development assaults the collective psyche of the people of Bayelsa State, especially at a time Dickson has decided to impoverish workers by deliberately suffocating them through non-payment of their rightful wages.
‘’We had waited in total disbelief that such an act could be brazenly perpetrated by the governor. We had asked where and how possible it was for him to keep such a huge cash in dollars.
“But Dickson’s response to the news about the stolen money on Friday clearly betrayed him that he is indeed the leader of a financial scavengers’ ring bleeding the state of its finances.
‘’This is a test case that the EFCC should immediately intervene to unravel and prosecute without delay. For the Nigeria Police Force, the ball is in its court to clear its name.”