Ahead of the November 11 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa State, political parties and their governorship candidates, on Wednesday, signed a peace accord pledging to ensure a peaceful and violence free election.
The Bayelsa State Governor and Flagbearer of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the candidate of All Progressives Congress,APC, and fourteen others attended tge ceremony at Lady Diama Memorial event centre, Yenagoa, the state capital. The event was facilitated by the National Peace Committee, in conjunction with Kukah Centre.
'I have just been informed that the former governor of the state who you interviewed has accused me (Douye Diri of stockpiling arms in Kolokuma-Opokuma. That should be the fattest lie of the year and that shows that this peace accord is going to be ineffectual. Because if a man chooses to be telling lies even in the face of this peace accord, then something is wrong in our polity. 'I am really embarrassed when I got that information.
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