{"id":74899,"date":"2023-08-14T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=74899"},"modified":"2023-08-14T15:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T14:23:25","slug":"opu-nembe-bayelsa-govt-sues-for-calm-over-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/opu-nembe-bayelsa-govt-sues-for-calm-over-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Opu-Nembe: Bayelsa Govt Sues For Calm Over Invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Bayelsa State Government has appealed to the people of Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri) community in the Nembe Local Government Area of the state to remain peaceful and law-abiding over the recent invasion of the community by suspected armed men.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74900\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048.jpg 720w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048-101x110.jpg 101w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048-387x420.jpg 387w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048-396x430.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74901 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0050.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0050.jpg 446w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0050-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0050-110x92.jpg 110w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0050-420x349.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px\" \/>A statement made available to National Wire by the state&#8217;s Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Hon. Ayibaina Crowther Duba condemned the attacks, while also calling for peace and orderliness.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: &#8220;The attention of the Bayelsa State Government has been called to the Saturday 12th August, 2023 unfortunate security situation in Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri), creating a serious sense of insecurity, panic and fear among the people of the community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is the suspicion that the attack on the community is not unconnected with the upcoming November, 11 gubernatorial elections in the state and the crude desire of some unpopular politicians to impose their will on the voters of the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The State Government wishes to enjoin the people of Bassambiri in Nembe Local Government Area and indeed all residents of the state to remain calm as government will continue to work with the police and its sister agencies to ensure that the perpetrators of this dastardly act are brought to book.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-74900 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048.jpg 720w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048-101x110.jpg 101w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048-387x420.jpg 387w, https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230814-WA0048-396x430.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>&#8220;The Bayelsa State Government calls on the Inspector General of Police to cause an immediate investigation aimed at unravelling the identity of these criminals, and their sponsors, who have continued to undermine public peace in Nembe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Duba in his statement added that: &#8220;It&#8217;s time to stop handling the tormentors of the Nembe people with a kid glove&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>This was even as the Bayelsa State Government has also tasked the police high command to be atop of the situation without further delay.<\/p>\n<p>In same vein, a developing story on the incident made available to our source on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Mr Daniel Alabrah has it that the women of the community were currently in streets of parts of the state protesting the infamous incident, calling for swift actions from Government and its various security formations to forestall security breaches in and around the area.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bayelsa State Government has appealed to the people of Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri) community in the Nembe Local Government Area of the state to remain peaceful and law-abiding over the recent invasion of the community by suspected armed men.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":74650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,624],"tags":[155],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-74899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-politics","tag-bayelsa-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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