Tight security in Yenagoa as Supreme Court rules on Bayelsa governorship poll

Residents of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, woke up on Tuesday morning to witness increased security around the Government House and strategic areas of the capital in anticipation of Supreme Court judgement on the state’s governorship poll.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in Yenagoa reports that all the roads leading to Onopa, the seat of government, were blocked by armed security men.
Motorists and other commuters were forced to seek alternative routes to their destinations.
The Supreme Court will deliver judgment on Tuesday on the legal tussle between Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party, who was declared winner of the poll, and Chief Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress candidate, who challenged the victory.
Sylva had approached the election petitions tribunal, which upheld Dickson’s election.
Not satisfied by the verdict of the tribunal, the APC candidate took his case to the Court of Appeal, which also affirmed the decision of the tribunal.
NAN however reports that inspite of the heavy presence of security men deployed to strategic locations, the capital remains calm.
The spokesman of the police in the state, DSP Asinim Butswat, told NAN in a telephone interview that the deployment was to ensure that the prevailing peace in the capital is maintained.
NAN.