Ahead of the March 9 Governorship and State Assembly elections in Bayelsa state, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress APC, Yekini Nabena has urged the Inspector General of Police IGP, Mohammed Adamu to proscribe the state security outfit, Operation Doo Akpo, saying though its operatives were drawn from the Police, they report directly to the state governor rather than the police hierarchy.

Addressing a news conference Sunday in Abuja, Nabena said security reports available to the ruling APC indicates that the state government was plotting violence by flooding the state with arms ahead of the polls.

According to the Bayelsa-born APC chieftain, “The Seriake Dickson Peoples Democratic Party PDP administration has become very unpopular and stands rejected in Bayelsa state. The governor in desperation has turned to violence and manipulation of the elections to suppress the people and keep PDP in power in the state.”

Nabena called on the IGP to urgently probe what he described as the illegal activities of the state security outfit, Operation Doo Akpo which he said was used by the governor and other chieftains of the PDP to aid rigging of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Bayelsa State.

“Stakeholders in Bayelsa State have received security reports which indicate an arms buildup by the Governor of Bayelsa State ahead of Saturday’s election. The governor’s dummy is to constantly and publicly cry foul while he colludes with security agencies and armed thugs to hijack election materials and perpetrate violence that characterised the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. The governor should be held responsible for any breakdown of law and order in the coming elections.

“Bayelsans watched in horror how Governor Seriake Dickson deployed the state security outfit, Operation Doo Akpo to shield PDP agents as they rigged and unleashed violence in the state during the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the State. The governor is already plotting to use Operation Doo Akpo again for Saturday’s election.

“The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar Adamu must as a matter of urgency investigate the illegal activities of Operation Doo Akpo.

“Operation Doo Akpo, a creation of Governor Seriake Dickson is no longer a crime-fighting outfit but now a political tool assisting chieftains of PDP to rig elections. The security outfit must be proscribed and disbanded for the safety and security of the state”, Nabena demanded.

•Sourced from The Vanguard report