Bayelsa Election: Stop threatening electorate in Nembe Kingdom – Elders warn politicians

A group of elders and young people from Nembe Kingdom, which is located in the Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have issued a warning to the chieftains of the major political parties in the state, advising them not to scare the electorate with violence in the run-up to the governorship election on November 11.

Under the auspices of the Nembe-Se Congress, a group of elders and young people known as Ogbolomabiri and Bassambiri sent an appeal to the politicians, pleading with them to respect the rights of the electorate as outlined in Chapter 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from 1999 (in its revised form).

In a statement that was released on Friday and signed by the congress’s president, Chief Ebiegberi Domo-Spiff, the congress made a request to the Independent National Electoral Commission, often known as INEC, as well as the agencies in charge of maintaining national security to ensure that all candidates in the election have an equal opportunity to win.

“In a similar vein, the congress urges all politicians and community leaders in Nembe Se to make it possible for every qualified voter to cast their ballot for the candidate of their choosing. “We also appeal to all Nembe people who are duly registered in their kingdom and communities and who have their voters cards to travel to their homes and exercise their franchise by electing their future political leaders,” the statement said in part. “We also appeal to all Nembe people to travel to their homes and exercise their franchise by electing their future political leaders.”

Concerning the conflict in Nembe Bassambiri, it conveyed its anguish at the recent development and stressed that the congress is, both as a whole and on an individual level, making strenuous efforts to intervene in the conflict and bring about long-lasting peace in the community.

In addition to this, it issued a call to all of its members around the kingdom, requesting that they keep up their efforts to raise awareness about the next national census. This census was originally scheduled to be carried out by the National Population Commission in the first quarter of 2023, but it was delayed because of a change in leadership at the national level.