The secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State has reportedly been vandalized and set on fire by thugs protesting against the Supreme Court’s decision to sack All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate David Lyon as the winner of the governorship election in the state.
The protests initially began at Tombia roundabout and ended at the Bayelsa state INEC office. During the protests, some PDP properties and government properties were vandalized. The joint military and police patrol in Yenagoa City intervened to prevent further attacks on properties in the area.
Before security forces intervened, four security posts of the State high court had already been destroyed by fire, billboards at Yenegoa secretariat featuring photos of PDP’s candidate Senator Duoye Diri were damaged, and the PDP state secretariat was partially burned.
A video from the scene can be viewed below.