Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Campaign Council has called on the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately invite All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Joshua MacIver, for questioning over comments it deemed inciting.
 
Chairman of the campaign council’s Publicity Directorate, Ayibaina Duba, stated, in Yenagoa, yesterday, said MacIver made comments capable of truncating the peace of the state in a video now in circulation.
 
MacIver, who is running mate to his party’s governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva, in the video, told his supporters to chase into the sea anyone found wanting on election day at Twon-Brass, Brass Local Council of the state.
 
In the video that has gone viral on social media, the former militant leader urged the people to “throw into the sea anyone that misbehaves on November 11 and ensure the person dies.”
 
In reaction, the PDP condemned MacIver’s comment, saying it had the potential of throwing the state into anarchy before and during the November 11 election.
 
The PDP alleged that the APC leader was notorious for instigating political violence and that his comments only confirmed what Bayelsans generally know about the party’s plot to cause violence during the election.
 
The ruling party recalled how the security outfit, Operation Famoutangbe, created when Sylva was governor, visited mayhem on hapless Bayelsans and political opponents in the state.
 
It wondered if MacIver and his party were having a dress rehearsal to, again, visit Famoutangbe on behalf of the people of the state. PDP said under Governor Douye Diri, peace has been fully restored in Bayelsa and the people now sleep peacefully.
 
It restated its call on security agencies to ensure the governorship poll was peaceful and devoid of interference, by bringing anyone that breached the electoral process to book. It urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be transparent and ensure a credible November poll.