Rivers State Governor , has called on the Independent National Electoral
Commission ( INEC) to release the Rivers East Senatorial District and
Rivers West Senatorial District untampered with, declaring that Peoples
Democratic Party ( PDP ) candidates have already won both elections
based on results from polling units .
Governor Wike also called on INEC to immediately release the results of
Andoni /Opobo-Nkoro Federal Constituency and Andoni State Constituency
also won by the PDP.
In an interactive session with journalists on Sunday , Governor Wike said
it has never happened in the history of elections that the Rivers East
Senatorial District result declaration exceeded 24hours
According to him , the result of Rivers East has been held down by the
plots of INEC , the Army and the Police to manipulate the results of
Emohua and Ikwerre Local Government Areas for the purpose of concocting
the senatorial results in favour of the APC .
He said: “As I speak with you, they are doing everything possible to
rewrite the result of Emohua Local Government Area to ensure that the APC
wins”.
The governor said that since the conclusion of voting, INEC has been
playing pranks, moving collation back and forth from Emohua to Port
Harcourt to create room for rigging.
“For now, all the collation officers have refused to be compelled to
declare false results. As such, the collation officers have left and
INEC has resorted to using her internal staff for the collation of
results.
“Release Rivers East Senatorial District where Senator George Sekibo has
won clearly . Release Rivers West Senatorial District where Senator
Osinakachukwu Ideozu has won clearly . INEC should release Andoni/
Opobo-Nkoro Federal Constituency where Abiante has won and Andoni State
Constituency where Ikunyi Ibani has won clearly “, he said.
He described as unfortunate the deliberate use of the Nigerian Army to
deny PDP agents access to collation centres , so that INEC staff can
concoct results.
“It is most unfortunate that that they will descend to the level of win
at all costs”, he said .
The governor reiterated his statement that the Nigerian Army and SARS
personnel were deeply involved in the violence that characterised the
elections , pointing out that the violence claimed five lives in
different parts of the State .
He said that the half hearted denial of the military evaporates in the
face of overwhelming evidence of their misconduct during the polls.
“When the security is apolitical , you have free and fair elections .
But when the security descends into the arena, the entire process is
compromised”, the governor noted.