YOUTHS MIS-TOOKED JONATHAN'S CONVOY FOR A GUBER CANDIDATE--Police

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Monday debunked reports
that former President Goodluck Jonathan was attacked in the
state.


It was reported today that the ex President was attacked by APC thugs but
the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Butswat
Asinim, who spoke on the incident said persons peddling the
rumour were mischievous.

Asinim said a group of hungry youths mistook a convoy of the
former President for one of the governorship candidates in the
state.

The PPRO, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), said the
youths traditionally followed the convoy, perhaps, for alms, only
to discover it belonged to Jonathan.

He said on realising it was Jonathan’s convoy, the youths who
had followed him up to his house in Yenagoa, pulled back and
took to their heels, adding that security operatives pursued and
arrested some of them.

He said: “There was no attack on the former President. The
youths mistook his convoy for a governorship candidate engaging
in campaigns.