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Bayelsa Vindicates CPC’s
Court Action
Press statement
Mon Nov 21,2011
Sylva
No matter how much they try, PDP
and the Presidency cannot succeed in portraying to Nigerians and
the world that what is going on in the Bayelsa Governorship
ticket is an internal affairs of the party. It is not! It is the
infringement on fundamental right of a citizen; it is the
subversion of law, guidelines and procedure; it is a disregard
for the Court of Law; it is an imposition of vested interest
over public
interest – all of which constitute an affront to our democracy
as a nation and our civil liberty as a people.
In an unholy alliance determined to impose its will on the
people of Bayelsa state, the PDP breached the right of the
unwanted from contesting and thus cleared the way for the
anointed, while the
Presidency made sure that the people are intimidated by the
coercive state forces into submission to his will by deploying
massive air and ground Armed Forces, Helicopter Gunships,
Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC), 15,000 Policemen, armed Men
of the SSS, etc. This has always being CPC’s position on the PDP
and the Presidency on matters of elections. It is the contention
of the CPC that what we are seeing in Bayelsa today, the home
state of the President, is a miniature of what
transpired at the April 16th Presidential election across most
states of the federation in which the election was massively
rigged for PDP.
The same Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Air Staff, Inspector
General of Police, National Security Adviser and
Director-General of the State Security Service that have
supervised this assault on Bayelsa state were the same officers
who superintended over the April polls. It is also a mini
rehearsal of what to expect in the 2012 gubernatorial elections
in the 5 states and the 2012 Presidential election if the
Supreme Court upturns the judgment of the Appeal Court as prayed
in the CPC’s appeal.
There can be no elections in militarized zones. While our party
awaits the outcome of our appeal to the Supreme Court on our
Presidential Elections Petition, CPC is calling on Mr. President
to stop
militarizing states during elections in the guise of security.
He must therefore withdraw forthwith all the deployed security
forces in Bayelsa and allow a whiff of fresh air to blow over
the traumatized
citizens of the oil-rich state.
What is happening in Bayelsa state is akin to a mother (PDP)
maltreating her child (Sylva). Therefore only God Almighty can
save the children (Nigerians) of her late mate under her care.
CPC believes that our democracy is still too fragile for these
heavy bouts and blows being given to the system by the unholy
alliance of the PDP and the Presidency. CPC stands for progress,
democracy, human rights and justice. As an innocent victim of
fascism, CPC is sympathetic to Governor Timipre Sylva and all
other victims of PDP’s and the President’s injustice. Our
party’s doors are wide open to all. We are willing to give every
Nigerian a sanctuary against injustice and victimization by the
state.
For the CPC, the current unfolding drama in Bayelsa state will
serve as another litmus test for the independence or otherwise
of the Nigerian Judiciary and the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
Buba Galadima (Engr)
National Secretary
Th
This is the document referred to in the Witness
Statement on Oath of Clifford O. Kokogho as
“Exhibit
COK.2”
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