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By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Campaign Council has called on the Inspector-General of Police and director-general of the Department of State Services to immediately invite a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Joshua MacIver, for questioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chairman of the campaign council\u2019s Publicity Directorate, Hon. Ayibaina Duba, in a statement issued in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on Monday, said Mr. MacIver made inciting comments capable of truncating the peace of the state in a video now in circulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MacIver, who is running mate to his party\u2019s disqualified governorship candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva, made the incendiary comments during a rally in Twon-Brass on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The PDP campaign council claimed that in the video that has gone viral on social media, the former militant leader, \u201cwho broke jail after being sentenced for terrorism by a Federal High Court in Kaduna, urged the people to throw into the sea anyone that misbehaves on November 11 and ensure the person(s) dies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The campaign council condemned what they described as \u201cMacIver\u2019s thoughtless comment,\u201d adding that it had the potential of throwing the state into anarchy before and during the November 11 governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Duba noted that the APC leader was \u201cnotorious for instigating political violence and that his comments only confirmed what Bayelsans generally know about the party\u2019s plot to cause violence during the election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ruling party recalled how the quasi-security outfit, Operation Famoutangbe, created when Chief Sylva was governor, in Gestapo-like manner \u201cvisited mayhem on hapless Bayelsans and political opponents in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n It wondered if MacIver and his party were \u201chaving a dress rehearsal to again visit Famoutangbe on people of the state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n PDP said under Governor Douye Diri, \u201cpeace has been fully restored in Bayelsa and the people now sleep with their eyes closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut because the opposition had nothing good to offer the state, it continued to incite violence with MacIver\u2019s recent comments the height of the party\u2019s desperation to seize power at all costs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n PDP restated its call on the security agencies to ensure the governorship poll was peaceful and devoid of interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It said the security agencies should perform their professional and non-partisan roles in elections and ensure anyone that breached the electoral process is brought to book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It also urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be transparent and ensure that the November poll is free, fair and credible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Election is about the ballot and not the bullets, the PDP noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Amos Odhe, Yenagoa The Bayelsa State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Campaign Council has called on the Inspector-General of Police and director-general of the Department of State Services to immediately invite a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Joshua MacIver, for questioning. 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