By Samuel Oyadongha,
Yenagoa
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.”

By Samuel Oyadongha,
Yenagoa
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.”