Violence Breaks Out At Brass

  

Just few hours to  Saturday Bayelsa State Governorship Election, Violence has broken out at Twon Brass jetty in  Brass local government area as  officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were offloading the election materials.

It was learnt that a misunderstanding  occurred between supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and  the People's Democratic Party (PDP) over where the election materials should be kept ahead of  (Saturday’s) governorship election.

It was also gathered that the Brass Local Government Area PDP Chairman, identified as Bara Daniel was injured in the head by supporters of the APC, alledlldy led by the former council chairman, Victor Isaiah.

 But speaking with journalists,  Isaiah denied any involvement in the assault. He said that he saved the day because of the alleged unruly behaviour of Mr Daniel who was intimidating APC supporters over how to secure the election materials.

“I was there actually to monitor the offloading  of materials  but the PDP chairman kept making derogatory statements which unsettled some people but I was able to calm the situation,” Isaiah said.

However, normalcy was said to have been restored by some military personnel who intervened.

The Chairman of Brass Local Government Area, Mr. Alabo Hanson Karika has strongly condemned the attack on the PDP Chairman of Brass LGA called on security agents to be on alert to prevent further violence.