Dickson weeps for ’14 killed’ during Bayelsa poll
Seriake Dickson, governor of Bayelsa state, was in tears after learning of the death of 14 people during Saturday’s supplementary governorship election, his media aide, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has said. According to Iworiso-Markson, Dickson condemned in strong terms, the “electoral malpractice and violence which marred the supplementary elections in Brass, Nembe, Ekeremor town and parts of Southern Ijaw local government area”. He quoted Dickson as accusing the All Progressives Congress (APC) of masterminding the killings of innocent Bayelsans in Brass, Ekeremor, Nembe and S