The Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called
for the cancellation of the Re-run elections in Khana Local Government
Area of the State as the exercise has been marred by irregularities and
orchestrated violence by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against
members of the PDP in Khana LGA.
A statement by the Chairman of the party in Rivers State, Bro. Felix
Obuah, signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry Needam
said emerging scenarios in all the polling units in Khana LGA made it
necessary for the party to call for outright cancellation of the polls in
Khana LGA.
The PDP said information available to the party indicate that APC
chieftains in Khana LGA in the company of armed security men and thugs are
going round all polling units, hijacking electoral materials and carting
them away.
The party expressed worries that APC kingpins are on the prowl moving with
armed trotting, stern looking army and policemen in search of PDP
chieftains, all in the bid to scare them away from participating in the
election.
The PDP said it had earlier raised the alarm on the activities of the
Director of Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC), Mr. Derrick Mene who accompanied by armed police, army
and political thugs have been going about, snatching electoral materials
and hunting members of the PDP.
As at the time of issuing this statement, the PDP said Mr. Derrick Mene
and his thugs were hunting for the Special Adviser to Governor Wike on
Special Projects, Hon. Cyril Dum Wite and that Wite’s Personal Assistant
was lying critically ill as he was manhandled by his assailants who
demanded for the where about of Cyril Dum Wite.