Diseye Dickson Shot Dead In Bayelsa

Tension heightened Thursday among among
members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) following the
killing of Diseye Dickson, the deputy ward chairman
of APC, Ward 1 in Odi, Kolokuma-Opokuma council
area of then state by unidentified gunmen.
The deceased, Diseye Dickson was reportedly shot
dead at Odi community at about 11pm Wednesday by
the gunmen allegedly clad in military uniform.
Though report claimed that the deceased was shot
dead during a shoot out between policemen and the
gunmen, about eight in number, in a failed kidnap
attempt of Chief Watson Ogoriba, a businessman and
elder brother of the former member of the Federal
House of Representatives and chieftain of the APC,
Hon. Warman Ogoriba.
A community source said, “It was the case of failed
kidnap attempt. It is not about PDP or the APC.
When the kidnappers arrived the community, the
vigilante people alerted the Police in Kaiama
Divisional Command and they engaged the suspected
kidnappers in a shoot-out. The victim may have been
caught in a cross fire.”
The source further revealed that aside from the
deceased Dieseye Dickson, a Woman was also
injured in the buttocks by a stray bullet.
A member of the Federal House of Representative
representing Yenagoa-Kolokuma/Opokuma federal
constituency, Hon. Douye Diri, who confirmed the
incident, said it was a case of foiled kidnap attempt
and not a party conflict.
But the leadership of the All Progressive Congress
(APC) in the state through the Sylva/Igiri campaign
Organisation alleged that the killing was carried out
by suspected thugs hired by the PDP.
The Director of Media and Publicity of the Sylva/Igiri
campaign Organisation, Chief Nathan Egba, in a
statement said, “As at this morning, the corpse of
Mr. Dickson, was still lying in a pool of his own blood
where he was killed. Do note that this is the second
killing being carried out by the PDP since the
campaigns started.
“Recall that Mr. Andrew June, a ward chairman of
our party in Ekeremor LGA was macheted to
death.We condemned this act of desperation by the
PDP to continually attack and intimidate our
supporters.”
“This killing is wicked, unwarranted and provocative.
The APC and the campaign organization has
repeatedly called on the police and other security
agencies to step up their patrol to forestall any
further attack on the APC members. Killers of these
people must not be allowed to go unpunished.”
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