By Samuel Oyadongha

YENAGOA—GOVERNOR Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the various security agencies to charge their men to be professional in their duties as they resume for election duties in Bayelsa and other states of the South South geopolitical zone.

Governor Dickson

Dickson in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwe, Wednesday night,  while reacting to the fresh deployment of troops and other security agents to the state ahead of the gubernatorial/state House of Assembly election scheduled for Saturday, said it was in the interest of the country and indeed the general good for the President and his security chiefs to place emphasis on professionalism of security personnel on deployment to Bayelsa and other states of the federation.

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He said: “I wish to call on President Buhari to refrain from abusing our security personnel and electoral officers in the next elections. The service chiefs and the security commanders must be professional, and emphasize the right thing in all their actions in order not to cause a spontaneous nationwide crisis and instability.

“The fact is that these elections are grassroots election and it is indeed important that the people are allowed to elect their leaders without subversion from anywhere.

“I am one of the greatest collaborators on security matters. I have no problem with security deployments to the state.