November 03, (THEWILL) – Elders and youths from Nembe Kingdom in Nembe Local Government area of Bayelsa State have warned chieftains of political parties in the State to stop threatening the electorate with violence ahead of the November 11 governorship election.
The elders and youths (ogbolomabiri and Bassambiri) under the aegis of Nembe-Se Congress, urged the politicians to respect the rights of the electorate as enshrined in Chapter 4 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
The Nembe Se Congress, in a statement issued on Thursday, and signed by its President, Chief Ebiegberi Domo-Spiff, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies to ensure that there is a level playing ground for all candidates in the November 11poll.
According to the Nembe Se Congress, “Similarly, the congress calls on all politicians and community leaders in Nembe Se to allow all the eligible voters to vote for the candidate of their choice. We also appeal to all Nembe people who are duly registered in their kingdom and communities, and who have their voters cards to travel to their homes and exercise their franchise by electing their future political leaders.”
On the crisis in Nembe Bassambiri, the Nembe Se Congress expressed pain at the development, insisting that the congress is collectively and individually making frantic efforts to wade into the crisis to bring permanent peace to the community.
“While the congress continues in its effort to explore ways to restore peace in Nembe Basaambiri, we implore the good people of the community (Nembe Bassambiri) to realise that we are of common ancestry and heritage and that providence has brought us together as one indivisible people of Nembe extraction.
“Consequently, Congress appeals to the people of Nembe Bassambiri to bury the hatchet, give peace a chance and live as brothers and sisters as in the old times,” it said.
The Nembe Se congress also called on its members at all levels in the Kingdom to constitute the sensitization effort on the National Census, which was supposed to be conducted by the National Population Commission in the first quarter of 2023 but was postponed due to the change in leadership at the National levels.
“Congress, therefore, implore everybody of Nembe Extraction in Nigeria and in the diaspora to be ready to be counted whenever the exercise commences,” it added.
