Militants vow to attack Bayelsa state Governor Henry Dickson over unpaid salaries
A consolidated group of militants, the Joint
Revolutionary Council (JRC), yesterday, vowed
to riddle Bayelsa State Government House with
bullets if Governor Seriake Dickson continued to
owe workers their salaries.
The group said it was unacceptable for Dickson
to be owing civil servants about seven months,
local government workers for over 13 months,
pensioners for about nine months and workers
in the only state university, Niger Delta
University (NDU) for about seven months.
The group in a statement said after its meeting
in Yenagoa, it also resolved to attack more flow
stations to express its displeasure in the
inability of the Federal Government to address
the challenges confronting the Niger Delta
region.
Persons who endorsed the statement for the
group identified themselves as ‘General’
Torunanaowei Latei (Creek Network
Coordinator); ‘General’ Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro
(Pipeline Bleeding Expert); ‘General’ Akotebe
Darikoro (Commander, General Duties) and
‘General’ Pulokiri Ebikade (Intelligence Bureau).
The group said: “We are warning Governor
Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state, without
further delay commence the final payment of all
workers including the old pensioners been owed
their several months of salary. Dickson is to
pay these workers/pensioners in full and not
50% or half of half of their legitimate salaries.
“He will not claim of no funds to pay them. The
funds are with him based on the allocations he
received from the federation account which is
known to the people. No
fund but the government is busy doing projects
and building personal buildings within and
outside the state, while these workers are dying
in abject poverty in the state.
“This is unacceptable and it must stop forthwith
in the region because our parents, brothers and
sisters are not to suffer as a result of their effort
in government.
“Enough is enough, he should go and bring the
money wherever he is keeping it and fully pay
these workers and pensioners before the end of
this month or otherwise, what he is looking for
in the state he shall see it from us”.
Accusing the government and its family of
diverting public money for personal projects, the
group claimed that the ministry of works of
paying all supply contracts to governor’s
relatives while ignoring others.
The militant group said: “If the government said
there is no money, it should without delay
auction those properties it and its relatives
amass with the state funds within and
outside Bayelsa now to pay the workers
immediately.
“We’ll go after any of Dickson’s relation and
political appointees who have given wrong
advise to the Pharaoh (Gov. Dickson) of Bayelsa
state to cripple the state.
“Since the governor cannot pay workers in the
state, by avoiding the oath he took and his
constitutional responsibilities, he should leave
the seat of power in the state by
avoiding bloodshed. Whoever that attacks us in
words will also go for it.
“If Dickson undermines us what he saw while
serving as Attorney General and Commissioner
for Justice of the state on that fateful day of
April, 27th 2007 were we came and sacked
President Goodluck Jonathan then governor of
the state at government house, will experience
same but this time around it will be disastrous
and head will roll, whoever that confronts us”.
On attack on oil attacks on oil installation the
militant group named its targets as the oil and
gas pipelines running from Ogboinbiri in
Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa state to Obrinkon
in Ikwerre LGA of Rivers state.
Other it planned to attack are the flow stations
of Ogboinbiri, Oporoma, Peremabiri, Tabidaba,
Nembe, Brass, Chevron platform in Koluama,
Okordia-Zarama and Biseni including Gbarain-
Ubie gas gathering plant.
It said they would be be set ablaze because the
oil companies were major hindrances to the
development of the region.
The group warned persons staying within its
targets to leave insisting that its mission was to
cripple the economy of the country and not to
kill anybody.
“The Nigerian securities who are claiming they
are securing the oil facilities in the region
should stay as their dwelling places and see
whether their safety will be guarantee by the
music on those days.
“We thanked the Minister of state, Petroleum
Resources for the bold steps he personally took
to resolve the injustice created and sponsored
by the wicked companies and government in
Nigeria.
Our struggle is beyond monetary gains and we
cannot be bribe by the Nigerian government to
the detriment of our suffering people and the
struggle is unstoppable until justice is done to
the region.
“Our Field Commanders have been instructed
what to do and those who are
on standby in Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Edo, Delta
Cross River await after Bayelsa state operations.
“We further warned that, henceforth, any attack
on Ijaw communities or person(s) by the
military or para-military body in the region, we
will not hesitate to order our shoot-at-sight
squad of any uniform personnel in the region.
“For the records, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA)
are not in Delta state, we only go there to strike
and returns back safely to the struggle base,
Bayelsa state”.
Revolutionary Council (JRC), yesterday, vowed
to riddle Bayelsa State Government House with
bullets if Governor Seriake Dickson continued to
owe workers their salaries.
The group said it was unacceptable for Dickson
to be owing civil servants about seven months,
local government workers for over 13 months,
pensioners for about nine months and workers
in the only state university, Niger Delta
University (NDU) for about seven months.
The group in a statement said after its meeting
in Yenagoa, it also resolved to attack more flow
stations to express its displeasure in the
inability of the Federal Government to address
the challenges confronting the Niger Delta
region.
Persons who endorsed the statement for the
group identified themselves as ‘General’
Torunanaowei Latei (Creek Network
Coordinator); ‘General’ Agbakakuro Owei-Tauro
(Pipeline Bleeding Expert); ‘General’ Akotebe
Darikoro (Commander, General Duties) and
‘General’ Pulokiri Ebikade (Intelligence Bureau).
The group said: “We are warning Governor
Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state, without
further delay commence the final payment of all
workers including the old pensioners been owed
their several months of salary. Dickson is to
pay these workers/pensioners in full and not
50% or half of half of their legitimate salaries.
“He will not claim of no funds to pay them. The
funds are with him based on the allocations he
received from the federation account which is
known to the people. No
fund but the government is busy doing projects
and building personal buildings within and
outside the state, while these workers are dying
in abject poverty in the state.
“This is unacceptable and it must stop forthwith
in the region because our parents, brothers and
sisters are not to suffer as a result of their effort
in government.
“Enough is enough, he should go and bring the
money wherever he is keeping it and fully pay
these workers and pensioners before the end of
this month or otherwise, what he is looking for
in the state he shall see it from us”.
Accusing the government and its family of
diverting public money for personal projects, the
group claimed that the ministry of works of
paying all supply contracts to governor’s
relatives while ignoring others.
The militant group said: “If the government said
there is no money, it should without delay
auction those properties it and its relatives
amass with the state funds within and
outside Bayelsa now to pay the workers
immediately.
“We’ll go after any of Dickson’s relation and
political appointees who have given wrong
advise to the Pharaoh (Gov. Dickson) of Bayelsa
state to cripple the state.
“Since the governor cannot pay workers in the
state, by avoiding the oath he took and his
constitutional responsibilities, he should leave
the seat of power in the state by
avoiding bloodshed. Whoever that attacks us in
words will also go for it.
“If Dickson undermines us what he saw while
serving as Attorney General and Commissioner
for Justice of the state on that fateful day of
April, 27th 2007 were we came and sacked
President Goodluck Jonathan then governor of
the state at government house, will experience
same but this time around it will be disastrous
and head will roll, whoever that confronts us”.
On attack on oil attacks on oil installation the
militant group named its targets as the oil and
gas pipelines running from Ogboinbiri in
Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa state to Obrinkon
in Ikwerre LGA of Rivers state.
Other it planned to attack are the flow stations
of Ogboinbiri, Oporoma, Peremabiri, Tabidaba,
Nembe, Brass, Chevron platform in Koluama,
Okordia-Zarama and Biseni including Gbarain-
Ubie gas gathering plant.
It said they would be be set ablaze because the
oil companies were major hindrances to the
development of the region.
The group warned persons staying within its
targets to leave insisting that its mission was to
cripple the economy of the country and not to
kill anybody.
“The Nigerian securities who are claiming they
are securing the oil facilities in the region
should stay as their dwelling places and see
whether their safety will be guarantee by the
music on those days.
“We thanked the Minister of state, Petroleum
Resources for the bold steps he personally took
to resolve the injustice created and sponsored
by the wicked companies and government in
Nigeria.
Our struggle is beyond monetary gains and we
cannot be bribe by the Nigerian government to
the detriment of our suffering people and the
struggle is unstoppable until justice is done to
the region.
“Our Field Commanders have been instructed
what to do and those who are
on standby in Rivers, Akwa-Ibom, Edo, Delta
Cross River await after Bayelsa state operations.
“We further warned that, henceforth, any attack
on Ijaw communities or person(s) by the
military or para-military body in the region, we
will not hesitate to order our shoot-at-sight
squad of any uniform personnel in the region.
“For the records, Niger Delta Avengers (NDA)
are not in Delta state, we only go there to strike
and returns back safely to the struggle base,
Bayelsa state”.
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