Bayelsa Speaker Refuses To Vacate Seat Despite Appeal Court Sacking Him.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sacked the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Mr. Kombowei Benson.
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#BayelsaDecides Violence In Bayelsa During Elections,See Graphic Images.[Disturbing Images]

Violence marred the 2015 gubernatorial elections in some areas in Bayelsa state which held on the 5th of December, 2015.
Clashes between rival parties were reported in the Southern Ijaw, Ekeremor, Brass and Nembe Local Government Areas of the state, with the number of casualties skyrocketing.

See some disturbing  images after click.

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Bayelsa guber: We can’t stop ‘fake voters’ with valid PVCs – INEC

Notwithstanding its resolve to conduct a credible election in Bayelsa State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not have the powers to stop suspected hired and fake voters as long as they present valid permanent voter cards (PVCs).
The commission added that it was in the process of distributing sensitive materials to all local councils of the state.
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Bayelsa Guber: I Never Endorsed Dickson For SecondTterm – Ateke Tom

Ex-Niger Delta warlord and leader of Niger Delta Vigilante, Chief Ateke Tom, has distanced himself from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND.
Tom said there was no time he took a decision under the aegis of MEND to endorse Governor Seriake Dickson for a second term.
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Dickson's Supporters Dump PDP For APC At Final Rally'

Chances that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will come out tops in this weekend’s gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state has been dealt a massive blow.
This, The Nation reports, is partly because some loyal and serving members of the ruling party in the state were seen showing solidarity for the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) during its final campaign at the Samson Siasia stadium in Yenagoa, the state capital on Tuesday, December 1, 2015.
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‘I’ll Go On Exile If Sylva Wins Bayelsa Guber Poll’ – PDP Chieftain

Ahead of this Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State, the chairman, State Waterways Security in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa, Hon. Bello Bina, has vowed to go on exile if the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva emerges victorious.
Sylva, a former governor of Bayelsa, will this weekend test his popularity against the incumbent, Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
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Men arrested after they trailed former President Jonathan's convoy to his home in Bayelsa (photos)

Former President Goodluck Jonathan this morning escaped death by whiskers after the men pictured above, intercepted and drove into a short motorcade conveying the former President from the Julius Berger bridge area of the state capital Yenagoa.

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According to a report on Leadership and other media platforms, the militants trailed and chased GEJ's convoy to the entrance of his Yenagoa private residence in the Kpansia area of the town, before they were overpowered and arrested by a combined team of security operatives attached to the former President. Members of the arrested gang have been taken to the Bayelsa State Police Command for further investigation and interrogation. More details later...

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