March 28, (THEWILL) – Director, New Media to the Bayelsa State Governor, Doctor Kolawole Oredipe, has attributed the peaceful atmosphere experienced during the recently held general elections in the State to the disposition and personality of Governor Douye Diri.
He stated this in Yenagoa, at a media parley, which was held at the Secretariat of the Federated Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Bayelsa State Council.
Doctor Oredipe, a former chairman of the Federated Correspondents Chapel, explained that Governor Diri had always maintained that the electorate should be allowed to have their say, making it clear that violence, intimidation and the use of thugs to harass people during elections would not be condoned, hence the relative peace experienced during the Presidential, National Assembly and State House of Assembly elections in the State.
The Director, New Media, commended the people of the State for their peaceful conduct during the polls, and gave thumbs up to security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other stakeholders for their roles in changing the narrative for the better.
On the attack by suspected hoodlums at the INEC Registration Area Centre at Okodi in Ogbia Local Government Area, where electoral materials were burnt, Doctor Oredipe said the security agencies were carrying out investigations, expressing the hope that the perpetrators would be identified, arrested and made to face prosecution.
He commended Monarchs and Traditional rulers, who made efforts to prevail on the people to allow everyone exercise his or her franchise across the various communities.
