Rivers State Governor has accused the Independent National Electoral
Commission , INEC , Police and the All Progressives Congress ( APC) of
colluding to rig the forthcoming Rivers Rerun elections .
The governor stated that in collusion with INEC , the APC Official
Printer , Atonyesia Peterside had printed fake result sheets for seven
local government areas in Rivers South-East Senatorial District and Etche
Local Government Area in Rivers East Senatorial District .
Addressing a World Press Conference at the Government House , Port
Harcourt on Sunday , Governor Wike declared that INEC released all the
official data of the specific polling units where elections will hold
to the APC Official Printer , Atonyesia Peterside for the printing of
fake result sheets, ballot papers and other sensitive materials .
The governor told the press conference attended by major Rivers State
Stakeholders that despite overwhelming evidence , the police have stated
that they are under instructions from Abuja not to prosecute the
printer.
He added that the police authorities have further stated that they will
not arrest Mr Emmanuel Chinda, Former Agriculture Commissioner and Rivers
APC Chieftain, because the party considers it an embarrassment to APC.
According to him, the Police are already working round the clock to
destroy the overall evidence of the printing of fake election
result sheets and other sensitive materials as well as doctor the
confessional statement of the prime suspect, Mr Atonyesia Peterside, who
is a cousin of the defeated APC Governorship candidate in Rivers State.
He said: “We made sure that the overwhelming evidence were filmed before
they were handed over to the police. We know the system that the police
will destroy the evidence.
“Police instead of concluding the investigation and charge those
responsible to court, the police are telling us that are having pressure
from above to release the culprits and not to charge them to court”.
The governor declared: “PDP will resist any attempt by INEC to rig the
rerun elections in Rivers State. You go and print fake result sheets and
you expect us not to resist it?
“Let me see the INEC official who will introduce the fake result sheets
during the rerun elections. If you rig this election, you rig your
life”.
“If you like bring American marines, we will resist them. Rivers State
is not Edo and it is not Ondo. Nobody will impose any representative on
us.
“INEC cannot take us for a ride. We will not allow it . INEC must stop
its collusion with APC . Yes, INEC was appointed by the APC , but they
were not appointed to rig elections “.
Governor Wike stated that he believes that President Buhari will not
support the electoral fraud being perpetrated by the APC, INEC and
police as it is unlimited corruption .
It will be recalled that a plot by the agents of the Rivers APC to rig
the forthcoming Rivers South-East Senatorial District was uncovered as
the Police on Saturday bursted a fake result sheets printing syndicate
in Port Harcourt .
The Printing Press, Help-Mate Consult located at 12 Isiokpo Street D-Line
Port Harcourt was printing fake result sheets for seven local government
areas of the Rivers South-East when the police stormed the facility upon
a tip off by a concerned Nigerian .
Earlier, the graphic designer of the APC Official Printer , Mr Godday
Nanee told journalists that Emmanuel Chinda , Former Agriculture
Commissioner and Rivers APC Chieftain brought the sample Result sheets
which he designed.
He said he was in the process of additional designing additional
sensitive materials when the police stormed the facility .