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Apc Kicks As Wike Leads Rivers by Nzeribe22: 7:25am On Apr 13, 2015 |
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. Source http://9jabeam.com
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