Wike won governorship election, AAC agent tells tribunal – TheNigerialawyer

African Action Congress (AAC) state collation agent for the
Rivers State governorship election, Nenye Kocha, has declared that
Governor Nyesom Wike emerged victorious on the strength of the
governorship election results collated between April 2 and 3.

Kocha, who appeared as star witness of AAC at the tribunal, said
all through the collation of results, there was no time the
defeated AAC governorship candidate led in the race.

The witness, who is also AAC secretary, said he was a registered
member with party card registration number: AAC8016ONL. he said he
joined the party in August 2018.

Kocha told the tribunal that the party only had only 418 agents
across the 4,442 units in the state.

He said, as a new party, they were able to clear only four House
of Assembly candidates and one governorship candidate for the March
9, 2019, election.

He revealed during cross-examination by counsel for second
respondent (Wike), Emmanuel Ukala (SAN) that one Donatus Barikor
from Gokana council and Henry Iyala from Degema council, who
testified for Awara as the party collation agents, were impostors
and not AAC members.

He further declared there were no results collated for Gokana
and Abua/Odual local government areas during the collation of the
governorship election results.

The AAC star witness said: “We had just four House of Assembly
candidates and one governorship candidate. Out of the 32 seats in
the Assembly, we only had four candidates. No candidate for
National Assembly. We had collation agents in only 418 polling
units across the 4,442 polling units in the state.

“No result was declared for Abua/Odual and Gokana councils as at
the time of collation. Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) conducted the election in strict compliance with the
Electoral Act and INEC guidelines,” he said.

The Rivers AAC governorship election collation agent declared he
would not dent his integrity because of politics, emphasising that
he was at the tribunal to declare the truth.

He said: “Barikor for Gokana and Iyala for Degema were not AAC
party agents.

“This is the first time I am in politics, coming from industry.
I am in politics for integrity. All Progressives Congress adopted
our governorship candidate two days to the election.”

Kocha admitted at the tribunal that the party no longer has a
deputy governorship candidate following the withdrawal of Akpo
Bomba Yeeh.

The matter has been adjourned till today for the continuation of
the AAC’s case.

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