Posted on: 08:30 Thu, 03 Dec 2015



Tension heightened Thursday among
among members of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) and the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
following the killing of Diseye
Dickson, the deputy ward chairman
of APC, Ward 1 in Odi, Kolokuma-
Opokuma council area of then state
by unidentified gunmen.

The deceased, Diseye Dickson was
reportedly shot dead at Odi
community at about 11pm
Wednesday by the gunmen allegedly
clad in military uniform.

Though report claimed that the
deceased was shot dead during a
shoot out between policemen and the
gunmen, about eight in number, in a
failed kidnap attempt of Chief
Watson Ogoriba, a businessman and
elder brother of the former member
of the Federal House of
Representatives and chieftain of the
APC, Hon. Warman Ogoriba.

A community source said, “It was the
case of failed kidnap attempt. It is
not about PDP or the APC.

When the kidnappers arrived the
community, the vigilante people
alerted the Police in Kaiama
Divisional Command and they
engaged the suspected kidnappers in
a shoot-out.

The victim may have been caught in
a cross fire.”

The source further revealed that
aside from the deceased Dieseye
Dickson, a Woman was also injured
in the buttocks by a stray bullet.

A member of the Federal House of
Representative representing
Yenagoa-Kolokuma/Opokuma federal
constituency, Hon. Douye Diri, who
confirmed the incident, said it was a
case of foiled kidnap attempt and
not a party conflict.

But the leadership of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) in the
state through the Sylva/Igiri
campaign Organisation alleged that
the killing was carried out by
suspected thugs hired by the PDP.

The Director of Media and Publicity
of the Sylva/Igiri campaign
Organisation, Chief Nathan Egba, in
a statement said, “As at this
morning, the corpse of Mr. Dickson,
was still lying in a pool of his own
blood where he was killed.

Do note that this is the second killing
being carried out by the PDP since
the campaigns started.

“Recall that Mr. Andrew June, a ward
chairman of our party in Ekeremor
LGA was macheted to death.

We condemned this act of
desperation by the PDP to
continually attack and intimidate
our supporters.”

“This killing is wicked, unwarranted
and provocative.

The APC and the campaign
organization has repeatedly called
on the police and other security
agencies to step up their patrol to
forestall any further attack on the
APC members.

Killers of these people must not be
allowed to go unpunished.”

Source: Vanguard