About 48 hours after the cancellation of the rescheduled governorship
\nelection in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, the
\nwhereabouts of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr. Baritor Kpagih,
\nstill remains unknown.
\n“Kpagih has fled Yenagoa to unknown destination for fear of his life. The
\nOffice of the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), David
\nBabachir Lawal, is also mounting pressure on the DSS to arrest the REC for
\na yet to be declared reason”, one of his friends stated.<\/p>\n
According to him, some other friends, family members of the REC and
\nmembers of Deeper Life Bible Church where he fellowships have urged him to
\nconsider resigning from his exalted position if that would safe him from
\nthe jaws of the APC leadership.<\/p>\n
Sources also said said that the REC had decided to go underground
\nfollowing threats to his life by some persons who are not comfortable with
\nthe cancellation.
\nThe decision of the REC to go into hiding came less than than 24 hours
\nafter the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in
\nBayelsa State election, Chief Timipre Sylva demanded for the sack of
\nKpagih, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n
It was learnt that strange he has been receiving text message and calls
\nfrom hidden numbers urging him to “reverse the cancellation of the
\nelection” in Southern Ijaw LGA or risk his life.<\/p>\n
But Kpagih remained unmoved insisting that the action of INEC was within
\nthe ambience of the laws of the land and in fulfilment of the commission’s
\nmandate to conduct a credible election.<\/p>\n
He said if the process had been allowed to go on, it would have rubbished
\nall the gains recorded by the commission in recent times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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