Violence, ballot box hijacking, voting disruption reported as #BayelsaDecides

The predicted violence is underway at the
Bayelsa supplementary election between
Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic
Party and Timipre Sylva of the All
Progressives Congress.
While voting is underway in a few parts of
the Southern Ijaw LGA, Ogbia and Brass
areas have registered violence, ballots
snatching and many other irregularities.
Cases of party agents disrupting the voting
process at polling booths were also captured
on video.
According to Nigerians on social media,
Southern Ijaw is in the ‘dark ages’.

HAPPENING NOW!!!! AT
BRASS WATERFRONT,
THUGS SHOOTING AND
CARTING AWAY
ELECTORAL MATERIALS.
#BAYELSADECIDES
— @GENTLEOJAY
(@GENTLEOJAY) JANUARY
9, 2016
9.50AM VOTING
ABRUPTLY STOPPED IN
PU06/05/02/001,
OTUOKPOTI WARD,
OGBIA AS VIOLENCE HAS
ERUPTED CC @POLICENG
@INECNIGERIA
#BAYELSADECIDES —
SITUATION ROOM
(@SITUATIONROOMNG)
JANUARY 9, 2016
HAPPENING NOW!!!! AT
BRASS WATERFRONT,
THUGS SHOOTING AND
CARTING AWAY
ELECTORAL MATERIALS.
#BAYELSADECIDES
— @GENTLEOJAY
(@GENTLEOJAY) JANUARY
9, 2016
I AM YET TO
UNDERSTAND THE
REASON OF SO MUCH
VIOLENCE FOR JUST ONE
LGA ELECTION.
#BAYELSADECIDES —
RHODWELL IKEKWAME
(@RHODYMITE_) JANUARY
9, 2016
VIDEO: AT D PRESS
BRIEFING IT IS BEING
REPORTED THAT SOME
INEC OFFICIALS VE BEEN
COMPROMISED
#BAYELSADECIDES
PIC.TWITTER.COM/55I6BO5
— @GENTLEOJAY
(@GENTLEOJAY) JANUARY
9, 2016
FLASH: FRACAS IN
AMASSOMA RAC CENTER
BETWEEN @PDPNIGERIA
AND @APCNIGERIA
AGENTS
#BAYELSADECIDES —
SAHARA REPORTERS
(@SAHARAREPORTERS)
JANUARY 9, 2016
MY ATTENTION HAS BEEN
DRAWN TO THE FACT
THAT PUS 5, 7, 11 & 13
IN BASSAMBRI WARD
NEMBE LGA HAVE BEEN
HIJACKED @INECNIGERIA
#BAYELSADECIDES
— EBUBE D STATESMAN
(@AKAEBUBE) JANUARY 9,
2016
PARTY AGENTS
DISPUTING LOCATION OF
POLLING UNIT IN
AMASSOMA WARD 10
UNIT 7 #BAYELSADECIDES
PIC.TWITTER.COM/
Z8PONOM4JA —
SITUATION ROOM
(@SITUATIONROOMNG)
JANUARY 9, 2016
SHOUTING MATCH OVER
LOCATING PU IN FRONT
OF A LOCAL POLITICIANS
HOUSE. WARD 9 UNIT 1
#BAYELSADECIDES
@INECNIGERIA
PIC.TWITTER.COM/
XNZ46VQ4UA
— ELECTION MONITOR
(@ELECTMONITORNG)
JANUARY 9, 2016