{"id":47595,"date":"2016-03-15T18:46:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T17:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=47595"},"modified":"2016-03-15T18:46:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T17:46:23","slug":"rivers-elections-swap-results-die-wike-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/rivers-elections-swap-results-die-wike-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers Elections: Swap Results And Die, Wike Warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has\u00a0 revealed the illegal\u00a0\u00a0 plot<\/p>\n<p>by\u00a0 the\u00a0 Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and INEC National<br \/>\nCommissioner,\u00a0 Mrs Amina Zakari\u00a0 to swap authentic\u00a0 results from polling<br \/>\nunits with\u00a0 fake results\u00a0 on March 19, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Governor\u00a0 Wike\u00a0 declared\u00a0 that any attempt\u00a0 by the Former\u00a0 Governor<br \/>\nto move around polling booths\u00a0 on election\u00a0 will be vehemently\u00a0 resisted<br \/>\nby the people who will publicly\u00a0 disgrace Amaechi\u00a0 for violating the<br \/>\nelectoral guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking\u00a0 during\u00a0 the\u00a0 grand finale of the Rivers East Senatorial District<br \/>\nCampaign Rally\u00a0 of PDP\u00a0 at Elele\u00a0 in Ikwerre LGA, Governor Wike\u00a0 said:<br \/>\n&#8220;All those who plan to swap\u00a0 result sheets, may their souls rest in peace.<br \/>\nNobody\u00a0 will rig in Rivers State.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anybody\u00a0 who thinks Amaechi\u00a0 will give them result sheets to swap, should<br \/>\nbe\u00a0 ready to swap their dead bodies. I have told the REC, you were here<br \/>\nbefore, you can&#8217;t play\u00a0 games with\u00a0 me &#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 governor\u00a0 said it is his responsibility\u00a0 to take steps to stop<br \/>\npoliticians\u00a0 plotting to rig elections\u00a0 in the\u00a0 state\u00a0 with the connivance<br \/>\nof INEC\u00a0 National Commissioner,\u00a0 Mrs Amina Zakari.<\/p>\n<p>He informed\u00a0 that the\u00a0 University of Port Harcourt Vice Chancellor was<br \/>\ncompelled\u00a0 by Amaechi\u00a0 and\u00a0 APC\u00a0 leadership\u00a0 drew up\u00a0 a list of\u00a0 INEC<br \/>\nAdhoc staff dominated by\u00a0 former APC\u00a0 caretaker\u00a0 committee\u00a0 chairmen and<br \/>\nconfirmed APC\u00a0 members to organise\u00a0 the rerun\u00a0 elections.\u00a0 He announced<br \/>\nthe\u00a0 names\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 APC leaders on the list\u00a0 of Adhoc\u00a0 staff.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that he had written\u00a0 a formal letter with\u00a0 proofs and details\u00a0 to<br \/>\nINEC\u00a0 National\u00a0 Chairman,\u00a0 complaining\u00a0 of the issue.<\/p>\n<p>The governor\u00a0 said that President\u00a0 Buhari\u00a0 should not\u00a0 allow Amaechi<br \/>\ncause crisis in the state because\u00a0 of\u00a0 his personal\u00a0 interest.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, National\u00a0 Chairman of the PDP,\u00a0 Senator Ali Modu Sheriff<br \/>\nstated that the Rivers\u00a0 State\u00a0 is a PDP state where the people\u00a0 are<br \/>\nsatisfied\u00a0 with\u00a0 the\u00a0 performance\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Governor.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy National Chairman of the PDP,\u00a0 Uche Secondus described\u00a0 Amaechi\u00a0 as<br \/>\na confirmed thief who stole Rivers monies\u00a0 which he used to finance APC<br \/>\nNational campaigns.<\/p>\n<p>Rivers State PDP Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah alleged\u00a0 that\u00a0 Former\u00a0 Governor<br \/>\n, Rotimi Amaechi is the Chief sponsor of cultism in the state.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has\u00a0 revealed the illegal\u00a0\u00a0 plot by\u00a0 the\u00a0 Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and INEC National Commissioner,\u00a0 Mrs Amina Zakari\u00a0 to swap authentic\u00a0 results from&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42330,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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