Soldiers Deployed as Protest Escalates in Bayelsa
Soldiers have been deployed in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, after a peaceful protest embarked upon by some All the Congress turned violent on Friday afternoon.
Chanting anti-PDP songs, the angry youths attacked the house of the governor-elect and destroyed the windscreens of cars packed in the premises.
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