The Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) is planning to kidnap the Resident
Electoral Commissioner in the state.
He claimed that it was being planned in connivance with some
security agencies in the state with the aim of forcing the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the
Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.
The governor made the allegation on Tuesday during a town hall
meeting at the Rivers West Senatorial District in Ahoada.
He said: “They are struggling to ensure that the Governorship
and State Assembly elections don’t hold in Rivers State. The APC is
planning with security agencies to kidnap the Rivers State
Independent National Electoral Commission Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC).
“They will send people wearing army uniforms to kidnap the
Resident Electoral Commissioner so that INEC will be forced to
postpone the elections. That is their latest strategy and so I have
to let the world hear that if anything happens, they should hold
the APC and security services responsible.
“These people are not kidnappers, they are security agents
organised by security agencies working for APC to see that the
Governorship and State Assembly elections don’t hold in Rivers
State”.
He added that intelligence reportS available to him also
revealed plans to use armed thugs to disrupt the distribution of
electoral materials for the polls.
Speaking further, he urged the people of Rivers not to be
discouraged by the loss of the Presidential election by the PDP,
saying that National leadership of the party is following the legal
route the retrieve the people’s mandate.
Meanwhile, a spokesman of the APC in the state, Chris Finebone,
has dismissed the allegation by Governor Wike, saying “it would
come as a surprise if the governor is lacking in false alarms at
this time, which according to him comes before every major
election.
“We know that close to every election, he flies these false
kites to create a facade to cover up his schemes with the electoral
umpire, cult groups and other collaborators of his.
“The truth remains if any such plans exist then it must be the
handiwork of the governor who must of necessity, help security
agencies unravel it all,” he said.
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