As the re-run gubernatorial election in Southern Ijaw and some six other local government areas of Bayelsa State draw closer, the All Progressives Congress has accused Governor Seriake Dickson of harbouring a former militant, Government Ekpemupolo, also known as Tompolo, in the Government House, Yenagoa.
Recall that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had extended an invitation to Tompolo in connection with a landed property sale to the Maritime University in Delta State, an invitation which he spurned.
According to a statement by the Director of Media and Publicity of the Sylva-Igiri Campaign Organisation, Chief Nathan Egba, the organisation had it on good authority that Dickson was harbouring Tompolo.
The statement which was signed January 5 and made available to the press read in part: “A very credible security source in the Government House revealed that Tompolo is lodged at the Super Lodge 4 with some of his boys to be unleashed on Southern Ijaw and other places like Ekeremor Local Government Area come Saturday.”
The statement urged “security agents in the state to take note of this fact and ensure these PDP thugs are not mobilized to the creeks of Southern Ijaw like they did during the December 5th and 6th elections.
“The action of Governor Dickson because of his selfish political gains has clearly shown the level of desperation of Mr. Dickson,” the statement read.