Group writes IGP for alleged armed incursion into Bayelsa community
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Bayelsans for Accountability and Good Governance (BAGG) has written to the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, over the armed invasion of Igbomotlu community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Ta.
The group also called for the immediate arrest of Chief Timipre Sylva and Deputy Yosho Makibah, former Minister of Petroleum Resources and APC gubernatorial candidate in the state, for their alleged complicity in the incident.
The group said that despite protests and allegations that Joshua McIver tried to violently install a new supreme ruler in the community, a preliminary investigation found that a military gunboat and pipeline monitoring company It was learned that security guards belonging to Tantita Security Services Limited were used. , Silva and Makiver are involved.
BAGG also claimed in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Comrade Pere Solomon, on Tuesday that the invasion of Ibomotolu was part of a plan to attack those opposed to APC candidate Sylva’s gubernatorial ambitions. .
“We support the community’s claim that Joshua McIver is the mastermind behind an armed invasion to oppress the community and install the rejected Jonathan as supreme ruler of the community on one Friday. Masu.
“This is one of the reasons why former President Goodluck Jonathan said he would have taken his mother from Bayelsa State to Abuja if the PDP had lost the state in the November 11, 2023 Bayelsa governorship election. be.”
“We have also seen that communities that were peaceful before and after the election results are slowly descending into crisis, which could lead to bloodshed if those involved are not warned and arrested.
“We call on the Federal and State Governments to check the activities of Security Guard Tantita, Chief Timipre Sylva and Joshua Masibah to facilitate dialogue and avoid bloodshed in the state. Because Security Guard Tantita, Chief Timipre Sylva, and Joshua Maciver all have no authority: a monopoly on violence and armed struggle.
“While we call on Governor Dowe Diri to ensure that Mr Sylva and Mr Masiba do not repeat the bloodshed inflicted by the Nembe Bassambili people in Igbomotolu area, the Inspector General of Police and the Commander in Chief of Defence, Escalating security violations should be checked at the expense of lives and property to quell the rising tension across the state,” the group said.
However, APC deputy governorship candidate and National Coordinator of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited (Operation Bayelsa), Mr. Joshua McIver, denied the allegations and said that the military presence was a threat to federal assets and, by extension, the lives of Nigerians. He claimed that it was to protect his property. Please do not intimidate anyone.
According to Mr Masibah, the accusations against him and Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited are misleading.
He said: “The interim chairman’s recent publications and videos circulating about protests allegedly carried out by mischievous elements to bring the work of Tantita Security Services into disrepute have not been acknowledged by the organizers. Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, as a private security company, does not have the authority to command the federal military, but rather provides reliable information to guide the federal military in combating illegal refueling activities. There is.”
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Source: dailypost.ng