“We pledge our support to free, fair, and credible elections ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa.”
This was mentioned by the political secretary, British High Commission, Hamish Tye, during a meeting with the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, held at his residence in Yenagoa, the state capital.
According to Tye, our team visited Bayelsa to meet with the governorship candidates, to know the issues they are going to face contesting in the election and also get a better idea of what each governorship candidate will like to do while in office.
He said, “We have come to Bayelsa to meet with the governorship candidates and to get a better idea of the issues they are going to be contesting in the election and what the people are going to be voting on the basis of and to get a better idea of what each governorship candidate will like to do while in office.
“We don’t have any demands per say but our view is that the election should be peaceful and credible. We also discussed the idea of a peace accord and that will be followed up on.”
