Presidential rally in Yenagoa: Bayelsa govt condemns threats against First Lady

The Bayelsa State Government has for the ump­teenth time con­demned in very strong terms, reports in some sections of the me­dia, purported to have emanated from youth groups, asking the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, not to attend the planned Presiden­tial rally scheduled for February 5, 2015 in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.

A Government House statement has again de­scribed the reports as the handiwork of the oppo­sition and some faceless groups, who only exist on the pages of newspa­pers and should not be taken serious.
The statement, how­ever, reassured the First Lady and other Nige­rians that are expected to attend the proposed grand rally, that the state government and the various security agen­cies were already on full alert to deal decisively with any acts of lawless­ness, brigandage and mischief, warning that any individual or group found to have perpe­trated such acts, whether before, during or after the rally, would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
It noted that the gov­ernment would not relent in the performance of its duties by ensuring the provision of adequate se­curity as well as the pro­tection of the lives and property of all residents of the state and will do exactly same, even on February 5, 2015.