Bayelsa Poll: Tears as Assistant Commissioner of Police Dies Weeks to Election
- Oluseye Odunmbaku, the assistant commission of police in Bayelsa State, has died in his sleep.
- The police boss died barely a month before the November 11 governorship election in the oil-rich South-South State
- Odunmbaku's death was confirmed in a terse statement by the police spokesperson in the state, but his colleagues have described him as a committed officer
Yenagoa, Bayelsa - ACP Oluseye Odunmbaku, the Bayelsa State assistant commissioner of police, is dead.
According to Daily Trust, it was learnt that the assistant commissioner of police died in his sleep at his apartment in an estate in the state capital, Yenagoa.
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Police confirm death of ACP Odunmbaku in Bayelsa State
CSP Asinim Butswat, the spokesperson of the police in the state, confirmed the demise of the senior police boss in a terse statement.
According to Butswat:
“The State Police Command regrets to announce the demise of ACP Oluseye Odunmbaku. Until his death, he was the Assistant Commissioner of Police, Department of Operations.”
Many of his colleagues have mourned the ACP, they described him as an officer who gave his best for the force to defend lives and order.
APC, PDP battle in Bayelsa governorship election
Odunmbaku's death came a few weeks before the November 11 governorship election in the oil-rich South-South State.
The forthcoming governorship race, predicted to be a keenly contested one, is between Governor Duoye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Timipre Sylva of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
However, a federal high court in Abuja has sacked Sylva of the APC from contesting the election because he had been sworn in twice as governor and had ruled the state for five years.
But the APC has told its supporters and the people of the state to maintain their morale, adding that the petitioner lacks the locus standi to institute the case and that the court's judgement had been appealed.
Sylva appeals court ruling nullifying his candidacy in Bayelsa election
Legit.ng earlier reported that the APC governorship candidate in the forthcoming Bayelsa election, Timipre Sylva, has filed two applications before the Court of Appeal.
Sylva, who was disqualified by Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court in Abuja, is appealing the lower court verdict.
In his second application, the former governor filed a stay of execution of the order until the hearing and determination of his application.
Source: Legit.ng
