Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has hailed the re-election of
the Bayelsa State Govwernor, Seriake Dickson, describing it as a
demonstration of the resolve of Bayelsa people to choose their own
governor and resist imposition of a governor on them by the powers
that be in Abuja.

The governor, who described the people of Bayelsa as “worthy heroes of democracy that stood their ground against agents of darkness that were
prepared to short-change them by imposing a governor they do not want
on them,” said Governor Dickson’s victory was another vindication of
his prediction on 20 things to expect this year.
Governor Fayose said in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on
Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka that it was
shameful that several people were killed in an election in Bayelsa
State with eight Local Government areas in which more than 20,000
security personnel, including soldiers were deployed.
If the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) could not
conduct a free and fair election in just eight Local Governments in
one month, one wonders how long it will take INEC to conduct the
president election that will be held in 774 Local Governments in
2019,” the governor said.
He lamented that the legacy of free, fair and credible elections
bequeathed on Nigeria by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government
of Dr Goodluck Jonathan was already being destroyed by the President
Mohammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) government owing
to the APC’s desperation to take over all States in the country by
crude means.

“The people of Bayelsa have shown that their power is more than that
of the Abuja political oppressors. They have shown that tyranny can be
defeated through the collective will of the people.
I congratulate Governor Dickson for this sweet victory. I salute
Bayelsa people for standing firm against terror. I sympathise with
families of those that were murdered and I urge Nigerians to take note
of the systematic destruction of democracy by the APC government in
Abuja,” he said.