THE Bayelsa State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the removal of the state’s Police Commissioner, Paul Okafor and the Director of Security, Baba Alhassan, barely a little over one month to the governorship election, saying the move was suspicious.

The state chairman of the party, Chief Serena Dokubo-Spiff, alleged that the redeployment was part of a plot to rig the December poll in the state

He vehemently opposed the transfer of the two security chiefs, whom he said, were well experienced and understood the terrain of the state so well to make the decision of their transfer “unwise and curious” at this period in the state.

“The actions of the power that be in Abuja over these transfers really beg the issue. They are curious as it clearly gives us the logical feeling to think twice about what could have been the reason for transferring the two main security heads in Bayelsa State just about a month to the election?”

“We in the PDP believe that this is a calculated move by the APC-led Federal Government to use the security apparatus in the state to rig the election in favour of its candidate in the December 5 governorship election”, he alleged.

The PDP chairman claimed that since the transfer of these two top security officers, there had been noticeable influx of criminals into the state with major threat to the security of lives and property.

“Since the transfer of these two top flight officers, we have noticed the sudden influx and return of cultists, militants and other undesirable elements into the state who are already attacking and kidnapping innocent Bayelsans. Security bases and posts are also being attacked with arms being carted away to create an arms base for the cultists preparatory to executing plans of rigging the elections,” Dokubo-Spiff stated.