APC Supporters Clash With PDP Supporters In Bayelsa.

Members of the APC clashed with those of the PDP in Brass Local Government Council Area of Bayelsa State.

The trouble had started with raised voices over a carnival as supporters loyal to APC member in the state House of Assembly, Israel Sunny-Igoli; argued with those loyal to the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the council, Mr. Victor Isaiah.

The Christian carnival was proposed by members of the APC and they saw the announcement of a curfew in the area and also the ban on gathering on the ground of the council as an intentional affront by the members of the opposition party.

Some other APC supporters claimed the action of the newly-inaugurated caretaker committee in Brass was a deliberate attempt to whittle down the power and influence of the APC and a former governor, Timipre Sylva, in Brass area.

An eyewitness at Twon-Brass, who spoke in confidence, claimed that the arrival of the council chairman, Victor Isaiah, at the LGA headquarters allegedly with armed security men ?and some alleged cultists from Odioma and other neighboring communities led to pandemonium, attended with heavy shooting of guns.

?Reacting to the incident, Sunny-Igoli, the only APC elected House of Assembly member in Bayelsa State, described the incident as an attempt by the LGA chairman to allegedly use the PDP factor to intimidate the people of the area.

The Police were called in before the fight that involved various weapons escalated into something else and both Sunny-Igoli and Victor Isaiah were invited by the Commissioner of Police in the State and were asked to speak with their loyalist to lay down arms and maintain peace. Three people were reported to have been injured in the brawl.

A detachment of armed forces has been deployed to the area to keep in check any smothering enmity that may spark between the two groups.

Source: PUNCH