2015: Pro-Jonathan Rally Stopped By The Police In Bayelsa

Members of a pro-Jonathan group, New Dawn Initiative Development, were yesterday stopped from holding a rally by the Bayelsa state police over alleged infiltration of the group by miscreants.

The group which is made up of members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state loyal to an aide of the President, was to hold a rally which is to kick start series of programme and activities targeted at the grassroots so that the message would gain attention ahead of  the 2015 election as well as provide a message loud enough to reverberate in Aso Villa to the hearing of our President that his people earnestly yearns for him to continue the good work he has started through the vehicle of this well thought out transformation agenda.

The event which was to hold at the Opolo Secondary School field in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital washowver put on hold after the police got news that a group of miscreants were planning to attack and disrupt the rally, causing mayhem.

A statement by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hilary Opara reads, “This is to inform the general public that Bayelsa State Police Command has directed the members of the group known as New Dawn Initiative Development to reschedule their rally billed to take place at Opolo Secondary School, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State today."

The statement added that the planned attack could lead to breach of peace, and the police had already observed the actual gathering of the mob at the venue.

Source: Legit.ng