The startling revelations at the Rivers State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja took a new turn today (September 11) when Charles Okoye, a staff the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC described the April 11governorship election as a charade.


Okoye, who works in the Department of Elections and Party Monitoring at Rivers State INEC, told the tribunal that the governorship election that he monitored was a mockery.
 
According to him, “the election we observed was warfare. It is also militant terrorism and a sham. It was a kangaroo election and a mockery of democracy.
 
“The election was characterised by large-scale violence and disruption of polls in many places. There were snatching of materials, nonstop shooting, allocation of figures and all kinds of impunity. 
 
“All these happened on April 11. What happened on that day could not have passed as an election and my observations are in that report that I signed with members of my monitoring team.
 
“By virtue of my position at INEC, I am eminently qualified to speak on the things that happened during the election. My duty, among other things, is monitoring of election with a view to assisting the Commission improve the electoral process.
 
“Over 80 observer groups reported to me, and I briefed them concerning the elections and debriefed them at the end of the elections.
 
“I also set up monitoring teams that went to various parts of the state on monitoring. They reported to me at the end of the day, and I was the person in the commission who dealt with all the political parties before, during and after the elections”.
 
Okoye also said that INEC ad-hoc staff were not properly recruited, a revelation that confirmed the position of the All Progressives Congress, APC members who had claimed that the ad-hoc staff were card-carrying members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
 
Earlier, lawyers to INEC and the PDP had raised objections on the legality of an INEC staff serving as a witness relying on Section 51(1) of the Electoral Act. However, Chief Akin Olujimi SAN in response to their objections informed the tribunal that that portion of the Electoral Act has been removed, and therefore not binding.    

http://saharareporters.com/2015/09/11/rivers-governorship-election-%E2%80%9C-sham-mockery-democracy%E2%80%9D-says-inec-staff

The political thugs of Rivers State have no shame - the are a national disgrace. Mtcheeeeeeeeeeew.

Wike Wike Wike....PDP una well done o!!!

Its [size=20pt]LadyF[/size] again

Una neva chi chum chin.....lol

PDP loosing at the center was all it took.
Amaechi is a grandmaster! Strike the sherphard and the sheep will scatter.
amaechis objective was very clear. Suffocate wike from the Very top.

Remove Jonathan and sleep soundly,even if wike wins at the State level.

interesting

I stopped feeling Sorry for wike long ago because Wike knew there was going to be a re-run and had already begun campaigning for the 2016 governorship election in rivers state by patching 1 million roads per second. The only people I feel Sorry for are the idiotas who are still arguing on nairaland yapping nothing will happen to wike.

Rivers guber election has to be cancelled.

Wike is as good as gone. Quote me if you like, I don't care

Was there elections in Rivers? No! What I saw were deserted streets except for marauding thugs, raucous polling units, shootings, hijacking, burning, and dead bodies.
Where did the 1m+ votes come from?

This election must be cancelled and wicked wike jailed

Just when you think there's going to be some respite for Wike/PDP, the revelations of electoral fraud just keep pouring in.

The only reason why I want Wike out of that seat is so Amaechi can get compensated for his role in supporting PMB.

I don't want to see him (Amaechi) near Aso Rock. He will dent the anti-corruption toga of the Federal Cabinet. I'm sure that's the compensation card PMB and his spin doctors are playing.

haba!

Jega said the elections in the state was credible and the Commission did the right thing by announcing the winner.

We created a three man team to investigate the allegations of electoral malpractice,it was not true that elections didn't take place in majority of the state,it was not true that result sheets was manipulated.

There was no evidence of malpractice or photocopied result sheets and no substantial evidence to establish alterations.

From our investigations we were satisfied that there was no substantive evidence to cancel the elections as agitated by some people,we also have people on ground and observers like TMG,and others who also gave us honest report about what happened.
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/jega-fraud-in-rivers-greatly-exaggerated/212074/

APC chasing shadow...

Itankun to ni ki ajanaku ma wo odo, ohun terin lo un lo.

RollingStones:
Jega said the elections in the state was credible and the Commission did the right thing by announcing the winner.

Jega played his role as the Elections Umpire. Let the Tribunal play its role as the Elections Arbitrator.

Bevista:
Jega played his role as the Elections Umpire. Let the Tribunal play its role as the Elections Arbitrator.

If only Peoples Wailing Party could use their common sense before commenting, but fear is already gripping them because the case against them is rock solid! Make unah allow Tribunal do their job, biko!

vedaxcool:



If only Peoples Wailing Party could use their common sense before commenting, but fear is already gripping them because the case against them is rock solid! Make unah allow Tribunal do their job, biko!

Wake me up when the tribunal exhausts their time chasing shadows.

By the way when will APC House of Assembly members impeach Fayose?

Firefire:
APC chasing shadow...

Itankun to ni ki ajanaku ma wo odo, ohun terin lo un lo.

But na your time APC dey take pursue shodows? Why the painment!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/2266474_painment_jpeg_jpeg1e45a73a79a81af8c433abe33dfeedcd

According to him, “the election we observed was warfare. It is also militant terrorism and a sham. It was a kangaroo election and a mockery of democracy.

Adios Nyiesomona Wikespectus spp.

RollingStones:


Wake me up when the tribunal exhausts their time chasing shadows.

By the way when will APC House of Assembly members impeach Fayose?

Do you plan to be asleep for the next few months?

ddippset:
I stopped feeling Sorry for wike long ago because Wike knew there was going to be a re-run and had already begun campaigning for the 2016 governorship election in rivers state by patching 1 million roads per second. The only people I feel Sorry for are the idiotas who are still arguing on nairaland yapping nothing will happen to wike.

The arguement I find amusing is "he will win it a million times if it is rerun". Fine then, let him win it a second time. I don't understand this fear people have of elections when Wike is a supposed "man of the people". Let him win in a clean election and solidify his mandate if he's so confident, that's all. That's assuming he doesn't go to jail or something.

Most ppl don't even know what's goin on. Its just 4 local govt all these noise his been made. U guys. Don't know that so long the larger part of the election is credible no election cancellation. Even if the election is to be canclled the sitting guvenor is loved by his ppl. Let the mastubators keep thriving on vasline.


Update Jega just said the election was free and Fair. We can now see APC is trying to show to the world what did not happen.

Wike... Your days in Rivers state government house are number...

Make all una shut up jare, where for Nigeria rigging no take place?

Agarawu where are you?





What do you have to tell your sleeping friend again?





Still looking tho

Observing

so what are we waiting for..put the rightful heir to the thron in his rightful place


ARE YOU A BLOGGER? CHECK MY SIGNATURE

midolian:
Rivers guber election has to be cancelled

Even aalllah coupled with Buhari can't remove Wike from that seat. Go figure...

I need a re-run, Amaeshit and Damumu need to be trashed one final time.

Midoliar

We knew that from time. When Amaechi said it, the wailing wailers said no.

omusiliyu:
Wike... Your days in Rivers state government house are number...

Wike we know...

We all Know that election in Rivers State was free and fair.

Just that APC want to be in charge of at least one oil Rich State since PDP have occupied others.

They even had to disguise themselves as soldiers to go and Say that their was no election in Rivers State in the ongoing tribunal.

But they have failed.. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (NEW) is the face of Rivers until 2023.

Even if another election is held today, PDP would defeat APC in Rivers State.

The oil Rich states are for PDP while APC owns the dry Lands.