Niger Delta
Police Dismiss Alleged Bombing Of Ebilade Filling Station
The alleged bombing of Ebilade Petrol Station two weeks ago was noting but hoax aimed at scoring political points.
The commissioner of Police, incharge of Bayelsa Police Command Elder Udenka Onuoha who stated this while briefing newsmen in his office said that following the news of the incident, he dispatch bomb experts to the scene only for them to discover that normal business was going on.
Nothing, he said was discovered by the experts to show that the place was bombed, adding that even the incident was not reported in any police station.
Ebilade, a petrol station owned by Hon Peremobowei Ebebi, the deputy governor of the state was alleged bombed by unknown gun men as an aftermath of the violence that erupted in Ekeremor local government area over the result of PDP local government primary elections.
The Tide learnt that the outcome of the election has further widened the gap in the fragile relationship between the deputy governor and his boss.
Meanwhile the two gladiators have moved their battle ground to Abuja, where a peace parley was said to have hit the rock as non of them was ready to shift ground to enable peace reign.
However, The Tide authoritative learnt that the factional chairman of state chapter of PDP, Chief Rufus Abadi who had earlier maintained his distance from the party’s primaries compiled and submitted his own list of those he claimed to have scaled the primaries election, he conducted to state independent electoral commission.
In the list claimed to have been endorsed at Abuja has two former council chairmen, with name of a popular comedian whose name was included in the list of contestant conspicuous missing.
As the battle rages on, most party members refused to comment on the issue as most of the people contacted claimed either to be in Abuja or not disposed enough to talk on the issue.
Niger Delta
Tai Agric Sector Gets Emergency Attention …As Chairman Distributes Farm Inputs, Inaugurates Technical Team

The Chairman of Tai Local Government Council of Rivers State, Hon. Matthew Nenu Bari Dike has declared a state of emergency in the agriculture sector of Tai local government.
Speaking while distributing farm implements and other agricultural support packages to the farmers at the council’s headquarters in Saakpenwa, yesterday, Dike challenged farmers to show their farms before requesting for financial assistance.
The council boss stated that as a government, they were committed to putting smiles on the faces of the people and assured that his administration would ensure that every person in the local government is happy.
“As a government we want to assure you that, we will stop at nothing to ensure you all are empowered and living happily”.
According to him, “the gesture is aimed at enhancing food production and security through agriculture, and enjoined all lovers of agriculture in the local government area to identify with the quest to redefine development through agriculture in the local government.
He encouraged everyone to cultivate the passion and return to agriculture, to guarantee self-reliance, maximum food production and security in the area.
His administration, he said, would purchase more yam seedlings in order to get greater production to encourage exportation beyond the shores of Nigeria.
“A boost in yam production will also empower farmers in the Local Government Area”, the elated chairman said.
In a related development, the Chairman has inaugurated a five, member Agricultural Technical Committee for the Local Government Area.
The committee is made up of Pst. Anderson Wariboko, Barr. Paul Newman,, Smith Nyor-Ue, Gladys Jumbo and Dr Keke Rammyson
Also speaking, the Director of Agriculture, Tai Local Government Area, Mr Anderson Wariboko revealed that the event was part of activities to mark the chairman’s 100 days in office.
Wariboko who led the chairman, and other leaders of the council on the distribution of the farm inputs to the farmers, was full of praises for the chairman, Hon. Dike whom he said has the interest of the people at heart.
Kiadum Edookor
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