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Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson may have incurred the wrath of
\n the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) over the assault on the Ijaw
\nwoman activist, Annkio Briggs, as a 48-hour ultimatum has been issued
\nfor him to apologise or face their anger.<\/p>\n

The JRC said it held Dickson responsible for the alleged assault on her and others during a recent peaceful protest in Bayelsa.<\/p>\n

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Briggs
\n was assaulted by hoodlums in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital a week ago
\nto protest the allocation of 1, 200 hectares of land to Fulani herdsmen
\nfor cattle grazing.<\/p>\n

The protesters had assembled at Tombia
\nJunction, the take-off point, in Yenagoa and Briggs was reportedly
\naddressing the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, his men and the gathering
\n on the purpose of the protest when thugs unhindered, pounced,
\nassaulting her and others.<\/p>\n

According to the spokesperson of the
\nJRC, Cynthia Whyte yesterday, if Governor Dickson failed to apologise
\n\u201ckey agitating groups in the state would be activated to undermine the
\nDickson government.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cWithin that 48-hour space, key
\nagitating groups will first renounce amnesty and then commence series of
\n activities to drive home our point and position. It is unfortunate that
\n the same government which many Ijaws struggled and clamoured to win the
\n 2016 elections would now turn out to be a government of tyranny,
\nincompetence and ineptitude,\u201d JRC said.<\/p>\n

Whyte said: \u201cIt is
\nunfortunate that today, the same bandit elements, armed robbers and
\nunrepentant hardened criminals, who worked against Governor Dickson\u2019s
\nsecond term are the same band of renegades that would be hired to mug,
\nmob and attack Annkio Briggs and her fellow protesters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis
\nrepresents the fullness of treachery and tyranny. We will not allow this
\n to happen in Bayelsa State, the cradle of Ijaw nation,\u201d the JRC
\nstatement alleged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"