All Progressives Congress
(APC) supporters in Rivers
State have rejected the
results of last Saturday’s
declared by the Independent
Electoral Commission (INEC).
The elections were marked
by violence - shooting, ballot
box snatching and killings.
The irregularities made the
Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC), Dame
Gesila Khan, to declare
elections inconclusive.
She said elections would be
held the next day at Abua/
Odual, Ward 1, Asari/Toru
Ward 13, Bonny Ward 12,
Degema Ward 11, 12, 13,
Emohua Ward 4, Obio/Akpor
Ward 15 and 16.
APC agents at the INEC
collation centre were amazed
when returning officers of
the local government area
where shooting and ballot
box snatching said there
was no problem in those
areas.
They also discovered that
unregistered political parties
appeared on the result
sheets in six local
government areas.
In Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local
Government Area, the
retuning officer said there
was no violence. The
Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) was declared winner
with 67,894 votes. The APC
was said to have recorded
9,532 votes.
The APC chairman in the
area, Mr. Felix Ejechi, who
confirmed the killing of its
members in Saturday’s
elections, said the returning
officer lied that there was no
violence in the area.
He said most of the polling
units in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni
Local Government Area
witnessed shootings and
hijacking of INEC materials
by armed thugs allegedly
suspected to be members of
the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP).
He said: “Gunmen took
hostage of most of the wards
and units in the area. Our
APC youth leader in the area
and a party supporter were
killed. Most of the materials
brought in were fake and we
protested. I wondered why
the returning officer could
not say the simple truth.”
At about 11 am yesterday,
there were shootings in
Emohua Local Government
Area after a disagreement
between supporters of APC
and the PDP over which ward
and units were cancelled by
INEC.
The REC cancelled Emohua
Ward 4 over irregularity but
APC leaders in the area said
it was not only Ward 4 that
was marred with
irregularities and demanded
the outright cancellation of
the result.
In Etche Local Government
where a police officer was
arrested with ballot papers
and result sheets, the APC
supporters yesterday
protested that election did
not hold in their area.
When The Nation visited the
area on Saturday, there
were no INEC officers or
Corps members in the three
Obite communities in Etche.
Voters waited till 4pm before
they departed to their
various homes after they
discovered that election was
not going to take place.
A House of Assembly
candidate for the Advance
Congress of Democrat (ACD)
in Etche, Hon. Samuel Ali, said
elections did not take place
in the area. He said: “The
people of the area are calling
on the INEC to come and
conduct election in the area.
“This morning we discovered
that why election did not hold
in the area is because some
certain politicians hijacked
both the INEC officials and
the materials to their houses
where election for the area
took place. Don’t forget we
arrested police officer with
electoral materials.
“One person was killed in
the area and an INEC official
was caught diverting
electoral materials. There is
no election. INEC must admit
that all these things took
place on Saturday. We are
saying INEC must conduct
election in my area.
In Obio/Akpor Local
Government area, the home
town of the PDP
governorship candidate,
Chief Nyesom Wike, got
224,888 votes as against
the APC’s 9,844 votes, in
spite of the fact that armed
men invaded the area and
carted away electoral
materials during the
elections.
At Obio/Akpor Ward 15 and
16, INEC materials were
hijacked but APC supporters
ensured the elections were
cancelled.
After the declaration of the
result in the area, APC
leaders allegedly said the
results were written in
Wike’s bedroom.

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