Bayelsa: Angry Youths Stage Violent Protest

There seem to be little or no rest in Bayelsa State since the Supreme Court sacked APC’s David Lyon and declared PDP’s Duoye Diri as governor.

Angry mob stormed the premises of the Bayelsa State Broadcasting Corporation damaging and looting valuables to protest the declaration of the candidate the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Douye Diri, as the Governor-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The PDP secretariat in Yenagoa, and the Steve Azaiki Library belonging to a PDP stalwart and member representing Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma Federal Constituency in the Federal House of Representatives, Prof. Steve Azaiki, was not spared in the attack.

Staff of the corporation who shared a boundary with the Ekeki Police Division situated along Azikoro Road were brutally beaten and several injuries inflicted on them.

Some of the items looted include computers, television sets, phones, microphones, music equipment and cash.

Though normalcy had been restored to the city by law enforcement agencies, there is still tension across Yenagoa and indeed most parts of Bayelsa.