The former aides accuse Mr Dickson of refusing to pay their salaries and allowances.
It was a rough and embarrassing moment on Tuesday for Seriake Dickson as some former aides to the Bayelsa governor violently prevented him from leaving the Government House, Yenagoa.The governor’s tenure ends in two days. He will be succeeded by David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress who won the November 2019 election.
In a few seconds of skirmish, an unidentified man from Governor Dickson’s side is seen in the video pushing down one of the protesters, while some police officers were busy lifting away the rods, stones, and other obstructions from the road for the governor’s convoy to drive through. It is commonplace in Nigerian politics for state governors to hire new political appointees when elections draw near just to shore up their political strength.“Because he lost the election, he didn’t bother with them again, he was not even interested in paying them a dime. When they tried to meet with him , he dismissed them and said they were hoodlums. He has been avoiding holding a meeting with them.
Another of Mr Dickson’s aide, who spoke in favour of the governor, had this to say about the Tuesday protest when PREMIUM TIMES contacted him Wednesday afternoon.
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