Achieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and candidate of the 2019 Bayelsa Central Senatorial seat, Barrister Festus Daumiebi Sunday, has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call the Nigerian Army to order, alleging that his life and members of his family are in danger.

This is coming in the aftermath of an alleged military invasion on his properties on two separate occasions in Igbomotoru 1 community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

Daumiebi made the appeal during a press conference in Yenagoa, the state capital on Saturday.

The lawyer and the APC top governorship contender in the 2023 general election noted that on March 30, 2024, two weeks after the invasion of Igbomotoru 11 community, officers and men of the Nigerian Army unlawfully attacked his six bedroom duplex, and five bedroom guest house duplex in Igbomotoru 1 community and exposed same to pilfering, plundering and waste.

He also disclosed that while the matter is still receiving attention of the court, he was reliably informed that on Friday, May 31, 2024, the Igbomotoru Coordinator of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Limited, an oil pipeline surveillance company, who works directly under the Bayelsa State Coordinator of the company and APC deputy governorship candidate, led men of the Nigerian Army stationed in Igbomotoru II, in two gunboats into his compound in Igbomotoru 1 community.

Daumiebi added that reports before him indicated that they took away items which included boots and life vests belonging to men of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps who were occupying his compound.

He said: “This second attack on my property has shown that the actions by men of the Nigerian Army stationed in Igbomotoru II are politically motivated. It is the seeking of political vendetta against me for my stance in the last governorship election otherwise, why the pick on me. (The Nation: Text, Excluding Headline)

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