The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the President Muhammdu Buhari lead All Progressives Congress (APC) government and party of bullying the people of Bayelsa and plans to politically annexed the state, by the use of crude force just as it warned that the continued onslaught and siege on the state is about to spell doom.

The PDP in press conference by Kola Ologbondiyan National Publicity Secretary decried the alarming security infringements and foisting of siege mentality on Bayelsa by the APC and the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government.

The PDP counseled President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government and the APC to immediately steer clear of Bayelsa State as their continued onslaught and siege on the state is about to spell doom for our nation.

The party said ‘It is no longer news that the APC, for obvious reasons, has been bent on forcefully taking over the control of oil rich Bayelsa and other littoral states, for which it now seeks to turn them into theaters of war, with the support of certain individuals in control of federal apparatus of power.

Today, the PDP and the people of Bayelsa state are being pushed to the wall as with the on-going plot by the APC and the Buhari Presidency to bully the people of Bayelsa and politically annex the state, by the use of crude force.

‘In the bid to forcefully seize control of Bayelsa state, the APC is attempting to convert the Police into its violent militant wing, leading to the violations of rules of engagement and putting security agencies on collision course with the people despite potential bloody consequences.

‘It may interest Nigerians to know that, in its desperation, the APC has directly influenced the Inspector General of Police into posting eight different Commissioners of Police to Bayelsa state within the space of the last three months just to destabilize the state.

The PDP cautions the Buhari Presidentcy to note that Bayelsa state is at the epicenter of all the oil producing strongholds in the Niger Delta region. Today, there is unprecedented anxiety and anger across all interests in the region over this siege on Bayelsa and their imminent collective response to defend the state will definitely come with serious costs on our national economy.

‘The PDP therefore cautions INEC officials and all security operatives, particularly the police, not to allow the rejected and discredited APC to set them on collusion course with Nigerians, as such may not augur well with them, both as institutions and individuals.

‘Furthermore, our party calls on all well-meaning Nigerians to raise their voices and counsel the Inspector General of Police to tread cautiously and protect his office from politicization."

•Excerpted from a Vanguard report