Brass—Ahead of the November 11 Bayelsa State gubernatorial election, the Cape Formosa Prosperity Forum has called for a peaceful poll, particularly in the Cape Formosa Island and Brass Local Government Area of the state.
This was contained in a statement on Friday signed by the group’s coordinator, Agent Emmanuel Tonye Isaac, deputy Coordinator—Liama, Omiebi Paul and deputy Coordinator—Beletiema, Irigha Toruba and Secretary, Obitere Palimote.
The group in the statement noted that calls for violence and destruction of lives and properties do not augur well with the desire of the majority of Bayelsans who they said only want to go out and vote for their choice of candidates peacefully on the election day.
“We are calling on security agencies and all relevant authorities in the state to ensure the peaceful conduct of the November 11 election in the acknowledgment of the sanctity of peace before, during and after the election.
“We are also using this medium to appeal to some of the leading candidates in the election to stop the incitement of their supporters and followers to be violent in an election that all well-meaning Bayelsans want to be peaceful,” the group partly said in the statement.
The Forum maintained that for the election to be peaceful, leading candidates must have to be circumspect and responsible with their words and actions to be good examples to their supporters.
The group further endorsed the Bayelsa State governor, Senator Douye Diri for a second term in office, stating that the governor has left a good impression on the majority of Bayelsans with his “sterling first tenure performance.”
The statement also lauded the Bayelsa State helmsman for the execution of the ongoing Nembe-Brass road which it described as the flagship project of the prosperity administration.
It added that with the re-election of Governor Douye Diri, many projects like the Nembe-Brass road will be replicated across the state to the benefit of ordinary Bayelsans.
“We are hopeful that if the Governor is reelected, we will see more meaningful and impactful developmental projects in the Cape.
“We admonish our people not to be used as a tool for violence but to go about the election peacefully and lawfully,” the statement concluded.
