Fresh crisis is looming in Bayelsa state between loyalists of Dame Patience Jonathan and supporters of Governor Seriake Dickson over the control of political power in the state.

The First Lady had allegedly finalised plans to move against Dickson through impeachment process, The Punch reports.

Aiming to impeach the governor, Mrs Jonathan’s loyalists were said to be capitalising on using thugs to cause mayhem in the state as well as using some aggrieved members of the state House of Assembly that were allegedly denied return tickets to the House.

A socio-cultural organisation, Niger Delta Solidarity Forum (NDSF), has accused Patience Jonathan and her godson and presidential aide, Waripomowei Dudufa, of planning to destabilise the peace and stable political atmosphere in the state using about 1,000 political thugs.

However, the NDSF stressed that it would “mobilize its members across the entire region and resist any planned street protests in Bayelsa state.”

In a statement issued on May 7, 2015 by Nelson Ebebi, the NDSF general secretary, the group alleged that Mrs. Jonathan together with Dudafa and two incumbent senators in the state intended to cause chaos and confusion by sponsoring street protest in Yenagoa, the state capital.

“Dame Patience Jonathan has recruited the thugs who were ready to storm the streets of Yenagoa anytime soon. She has finalised plans for the impeachment of the incumbent Governor.

“The thugs are expected to create crisis within the state capital and they have been instructed to resist any attempt by the security agencies to try to dislodge them, as was done in the recent protest organized by some ex-militants.

“To show how serious and calculated their plot is, they have branded the theme of the street protest as ‘#WeAreHungryBringBackOurJobs street walk campaign’. This is to give the impression that the Dickson-led government has failed in its duty to provide employment opportunities to the teeming youths in Bayelsa state.”

“The group is therefore calling on the government and the security chiefs in the state to keep watch over the activities and evil plans being formulated by those it described as enemies of the state,” the statement read.

The NDSF called on the authorities to go after those behind this plot and to bring to book whoever that is caught in the web of this “devious and devilish act.”

Meanwile, the Presidency has broken its silence on the whereabouts of the First Nigeria’s Lady, stating that Mrs Jonathan is now in Congo.