The All Progressives Congress
(APC) in Rivers state says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
is determined to rig governorship election in the state in favour of Nyesom
Wike, the incumbent governor.
On March 10, INEC suspended all
electoral processes in the state as a result of violence and widespread
disruption of collation of results. The commission eventually announced a rerun
for April 13.
In statement on Thursday, Chris
Finebone, the party’s publicity secretary, said the APC will subject the recent
announcement by INEC to “meticulous scrutiny” after which the party’s position
will further be made public.
“To the APC, INEC is up to some
mischief clearly pointing to a clear determination to rig the overall result of
the March 9 elections in favour of Gov. Wike and the PDP,” Finebone said in the
statement.
“The signs are visible enough to
the blind and loud enough to the deaf. All the shenanigans so far exhibited by
INEC only go to confirm that fear.
“INEC has not shown sufficient
good faith in the way it brought the collation to an abrupt stop without
cogent, verifiable and convincing reasons. The supposed umpire went ahead to
announce that collation for 17 LGAs had been concluded as against the records
provided by our situation room. And to make matters worse, INEC refused, failed
or neglected to name the said 17 LGAs where it claimed collation had been
concluded.
“Secondly, INEC curiously
announced that it has dropped four LGA Collation Officers confirmed to be PDP
card-carrying members without the umpire clearing the air about the status of
the LGA results the four ad hoc personnel supposedly collated.
“So many questions come to mind.
Could the four collation officers be unfit for the job while the collations
they conducted are acceptable? Of course, that cannot be! Why is INEC jittery
or afraid to name the 17 LGAs if not for the simple reason that some underhand
dealings might have taken place for which it is covering up? With the violation
of the collation process by Gov. Wike when he stormed the Obio/Akpor Collation
Centre where his CSO and security detail shot an army captain and other
soldiers in the process, why does it seem that INEC’s body language is
suggesting that Obio/Akpor collation has been completed?”
The APC could not field
candidates in the general election as a result of internal crisis, but it has
endorsed Awara Biokpomabo, candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC).
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