The Republic
Bayelsa State · Crises, Wars & Protests

Bayelsa State · Crisis deep dive

Tinubu (2023–)

  • November 2023 — Bayelsa governorship election. Douye Diri (PDP) re-elected; opposition allegations of violence at Southern Ijaw LGA.
  • 2024 — continued oil-bunkering crackdown by Tantita Security (Tompolo's firm) recovers an officially-claimed 6,000+ illegal connections; communities report harassment.
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.