Politicians acquiring arms for militant camps – Dickson

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson, on Tuesday raised the alarm over alleged ongoing arrangements by disgruntled politicians to reopen destroyed militant camps in the state.
He said those behind the plot had already started acquiring arms to actualise their devilish scheme.
In a tacit indictment of Rivers and Delta states, Dickson, said “neighbouring states” were behind the plot to destabilise, Bayelsa, the state of President Goodluck Jonathan.
He insisted that desperate politicians and their collaborators from neighbouring states were behind some of the street protests that occurred recently in Yenagoa, the state capital.
He alleged that such disgruntled elements who were bent in unsettling the state had gone underground to organise what he referred to as “sponsored mass street protest.”
According to the governor, the looming protest is part of the group’s campaign of calumny and propaganda against the state government.
Dickson was recently appointed the Chairman of the 13-member reconciliation committee raised by the Peoples Democratic Party to resolve its festering problems.
Delta and Rivers States share borders with Bayelsa State. While Delta is relatively calm, Rivers has been enmeshed in violent powerplay with accusing fingers pointing at the Presidency.
But Dickson in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, said politicians from neighbouring states had unleashed their anger on Bayelsa.
He said: “In recent times, we have seen deliberate attempts by this group of desperate power seekers sponsoring some gullible graduates to take to the streets.
“They were also behind the recent protest staged by pensioners in the state. It is sad to note that they are now on a planned mission to incite unsuspecting youths to take to the streets to protest against the state government.”
He said such politicians had started dolling out cash to youths to mobilise them for the demonstration.