The rising protest
against the Thursday nullification of the All Progressive Congress (APC)
candidate, Chief David Lyon victory in Bayelsa on Tuesday took a new twist with
a coalition of militant groups under the aegis of the Reformed Niger Delta
Avengers (RNDA) threatening to resume attacks on oil installations in the
region if the mandate is not restored.
In a letter to the
Presidency and Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Ibrahim Tanko, made
available to Vanguard, the RNDA warned that failure to reverse the ill-fated
and anti-Bayelsa peoples’ judgment may result in the resumption of hostilities
against oil pipelines to cripple the economy of the country.
The RNDA, in the
letter issued yesterday and signed by leaders of the nine militant group from
the nine states of the Niger Delta in the creek, said though they have accepted
ceasefire and have been engaging in peace advocacy in the region, the recent
judgment of the Supreme Court nullifying the election of David Lyon is
unacceptable and provocative and targeted at alleged perversion of the civil
rights of the people of Bayelsa State who freely gave their mandate to David Lyon
in the governorship election |||READ
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