As the Patriotic Bird earlier promised since the start of his investigation into the (yukie yukie) activities by some people in Ribbi Chiefdom concerning the pending Paramount Chieftaincy election of non-compromise, has again assured that he will leave no stone unturned in that regard.
Trust Bra Parrot patience, he is still making a follow-up on that matter so that the people will get the correct and accurate information on how things are unfolding.
What Bra Parrot has however noticed of late is that, there are few (corrupt?) people acting behind the scenes wanting to manipulate the whole chieftaincy election process at the detriment of the people and the chiefdom as a whole.
When the fearless bird flew to the chiefdom headquarter town of Bradford over the weekend, he was able to understand that a total of 804 Tribal Authorities (TAs) are supposed to be on the chiefdom voters’ list according to the 2021 records.
However, it has been allegedly mooted to Bra Parrot that the District Officer (DO) one Mr. Ishagha Murana Turay, wants to manipulate the electoral process to the disadvantage of the people of Ribbi chiefdom.
But trust Bra Parrot I will keep my eyes widely open like “mountain fat foot” to ensure the needful is done without prejudice.
Upon further investigation, some angry chiefdom elders told Parrot that this same Mr. Turay the (DO) once said that only 3,000 (three thousand) people paid local tax in the entire chiefdom, which means only about 175 voters that are eligible to vote in the Paramount chieftaincy election come January 2024.
From what the wise and patient bird has gathered from his intensive investigation so far, he can authoritatively say that the District Officer in Mayamba Mr. Turay is been remote controlled by the power that be to rig the forth-coming Paramount chieftaincy election in that chiefdom.
Bra Parrot is reliably informed that, according to the Constitution the Tribal Authorities’ (TAs) list of 2021 should be the authorized list to be used for the conduct of the election in the chiefdom.
The District Officer (DO) was also allegedly quoted to have said that, he will do whatever he wants as far as the election in that chiefdom is concerned. (Simply put, he has little or no respect for the laws of the land).
The wise bird is of the view that the D.O is supporting one particular candidate, this is more the reason he wants to manipulate the election.
Judging from this senior officer’s behavior, there is enough to indicate that he wants to ferment trouble in the Chiefdom as he wants to submit the wrong list for the forth-coming election at the disadvantage of the other candidates.
That in its totality is a clear indication that, he wants to divide the chiefdom at the detriment of the hard fought peace the President is trying to so hard to consolidate in the country.
Everybody including the oldest Bird in this Republic is aware of the laid down rules and regulations regarding all elections, but if one man single handedly is trying to manipulate because he is allegedly supporting one candidate against others, is a recipe for chaos in that chiefdom.
To prevent the looming trouble, government needs to come in and take swift action without further delay in the interest of peace in the country.