The PDP chairman alleged that the transfer was part of the plot to rig the December 5 governorship election in the state.
In a statement on Sunday in Yenagoa, the state capital, Dokubo-Spiff said the sudden removal of Okafor, coming shortly after a similar transfer of the state Director the Department of State Services, Baba Alhassan, from Bayelsa State and just a month to the election, raised questions about the motives for such actions.
He condemned the transfer of the two security chiefs, whom he said, were well experienced and understood the terrain of the state so well. This, he argued, made the decision of their transfer “unwise and curious” at this period in the state.
Dokubo-Spiff said, “The actions of the powers-that be in Abuja over these transfers really beg the issue. They are curious, as it clearly gives us the logical feeling to think twice about what could have been the reason for transferring the two main security heads in Bayelsa State, just about a month to the election.
“We in the PDP believe that this is a calculated move by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government to use the security apparatus in the state to rig the election in favour of its candidate in the December 5 governorship election.”
The party chairman, who is a lawyer, claimed in the statement that since the transfer of these two top security officers, there had been noticeable influx of criminals into the state thus constituting a major threat to the security of lives and property.
He insisted that the opposition was acting in concert with the Federal Government to rig the election.
He added, “Since the transfer of these two top flight officers, we have noticed a sudden influx and return of cultists, militants and other undesirable elements into the state, who are already attacking and kidnapping innocent Bayelsans.
“Security bases and posts are also being attacked with arms being carted away to create an arms base for the cultists preparatory to executing plans of rigging the elections.
“Our findings also indicated that the opposition was so obsessed with the rigging plan that it will inevitably involve violence and intimidation by various federal agencies, including security personnel to rig the election.”
Dokubo-Spiff, however, called on President Muhammadu Buhari nip the alleged plan in the bud, adding that the only way the President could demonstrate the change he professes was to ensure a free and fair election.
He stated that President Buhari, as a beneficiary of former President Goodluck Jonathan’s democratic disposition, should as a matter of peace and harmony, ensure transparency and peace during the election in Bayelsa.
He however said that everybody knew that Bayelsans would not accept anything less than a credible, free and fair election.
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