DICKSON AND CLARK IN CRUCIAL TALKS.....

DICKSON AND CLARK IN CRUCIAL TALKS TO PREVENT A FRESH CRISIS IN THE NIGER DELTA
By our correspondent in Yenagoa. 12/11/2017


Governor Henry Seriake Dickson and Prime Ijaw leader Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark this Friday held a crucial meeting to discuss recent threats to peace and security in the Niger Delta region.
The meeting focused on the state of insecurity and the recent breakdown of law and order in some areas, especially the escalating tension in some areas of the region caused by the recent threat by the Niger Delta Avengers to resume attacks on oil installations in the oil rich region.
A state issued by Fidelis Soriwei, the Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Governor on Media Relations, said that the deliberations focused on how steps could be taken to establish contact with the federal Government on the one hand and the aggrieved youths on the other as part of measures to prevent a major crisis in the region.
According to him, the meeting also condemned the police disruption of the fourth quarter General Meeting of the Pan Niger Delta Elders Forum (PANDEF) held in Port Harcourt on October 17, 2017.
Soriwei quoting Dickson said that the meeting called for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the disruption of the PANDEF meeting in Port Harcourt.
Governor Dickson and Clark who condemned the action of the Police agents argued that PANDEF like other organizations had the right as approved by law to hold their meetings.
He also called for the agencies responsible for the disruption of the meeting to tender an apology to the elders who were embarrassed by the unprovoked reaction from the said agencies.
The men of the Nigeria Police Force took over the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt venue of a meeting of PANDEF led by Chief Clark on 26 October, 2017. No reason was given by the security agency for the disruption of the PANDEF meeting.
Dickson said, “Chief Edwin Clark and I just had a meeting on issues affecting the Niger Delta region. In specific terms, the meeting dwelt on the breakdown of law and order, general security and the escalating situation in the Niger Delta.
“Dickson said, “we explored how we can step up contacts with the Federal Government on the one hand and the agitators on the other. We condemned the security measures taken to stop the meeting of PANDEF in Port Harcourt on October 26, 2017 and demand that the action of the security agencies should be investigated and an apology tendered for what happened.
“We e find the action of the security agencies unacceptable because PANDEF like every other organization has the right to meet as enshrined in the constitution.”He said the meeting also discussed efforts being made at re positioning and strengthening the umbrella Ijaw Organizations especially the Ijaw National Congress and Ijaw Youth Council.
The Governor emphasized that some progress had been made in the efforts he initiated alongside Ijaw elders and leaders to stabilize these bodies.

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