{"id":745801,"date":"2019-11-16T14:09:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T14:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/16\/bayelsa-election-a-sad-commentary-on-nigerias-democracy-gov-dickson\/"},"modified":"2019-11-16T14:09:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T14:09:57","slug":"bayelsa-election-a-sad-commentary-on-nigerias-democracy-gov-dickson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/16\/bayelsa-election-a-sad-commentary-on-nigerias-democracy-gov-dickson\/","title":{"rendered":"Bayelsa Election A Sad Commentary On Nigeria\u2019s Democracy: Gov Dickson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_562633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-562633\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-562633\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/first-airplane-set-to-land-in-bayelsa-intl-airport-gov-seriake-dickson-reveals.jpg\" alt=\"Governor Dickson\" width=\"500\" height=\"312\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-562633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bayelsa Governor Dickson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seriake Dickson, governor of Bayelsa, has described the ongoing governorship election in the state as a sad commentary on Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said this on Saturday after casting his vote at ward 2, polling unit 5, Tori-Orua in Sagbama local government area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dToday is a sad commentary on our nation\u2019s democracy, \u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0APC Will Still Participate In Bayelsa Governorship Election: INEC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to him, All Progressives Congress, APC thugs hijacked electoral materials and alleges that they were protected by the military.<\/p>\n<p>Dickson also noted that there was no election in Nembe, Southern Ijaw and some other areas of the state, adding that the APC is hungry to make the nation a one-party state.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Bayelsa Governor Dickson Seriake Dickson, governor of Bayelsa, has described the ongoing governorship election in the state as a sad commentary on Nigeria\u2019s democracy. The governor said this on Saturday after casting his vote at ward 2, polling unit 5, Tori-Orua in Sagbama local government area of the state. \u201dToday is a sad commentary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":726049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-745801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bayelsa Election A Sad Commentary On Nigeria\u2019s Democracy: Gov Dickson - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/16\/bayelsa-election-a-sad-commentary-on-nigerias-democracy-gov-dickson\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bayelsa Election A Sad Commentary On Nigeria\u2019s Democracy: Gov Dickson - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u00a0 Bayelsa Governor Dickson Seriake Dickson, governor of Bayelsa, has described the ongoing governorship election in the state as a sad commentary on Nigeria\u2019s democracy. 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