WIKE, HAS ALLEGED THAT 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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