Bayelsa Elections under Diri: Bye Bye to Violence, Killings

By Kola Oredipe “Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.” This quote from an American science-fiction writer, Robert A. Heinlein aptly describes the recent development in Bayelsa State. In Bayelsa State, a peaceful election had looked impossible for many years. But in just three years of sustained campaign for peace, love and unity by the Prosperity Government, the state has, for the first time in a long while, witnessed a general election with no bloodshed! The prophets of doom were disappointed as the drum beats of wars were not heard anywhere near or around Bayelsa State in the just concluded 2023 general election. They didn't know that it was a new beginning in the state. Alas, political violence even in communities hitherto known with such incidents has been tamed! This is a big relief to the people in some communities who used to live in fears during elections. Great to cheer that in the last election across the eight local government areas of the state, no blood was spilled. Left for isolated cases of hijack of election materials and pre-election attack in Okodi community in Ogbia Local Government Area, there was general calm across the state including Nembe, Brass and Southern Ijaw local government areas against the backdrop of electioneering experience as recent as 2015 and 2019. For Bayelsa State, the recurring political quagmire and debacle remained a set back and continued to give the state bad image. Read more: https://phmundial.com/bayelsa-elections-under-diri-bye-bye-to-violence-killings/