Chieftain of All Progressives Congress(APC), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has alleged that officials of Independent National Electoral commission(INEC) and National Youths Service Corps(NYSC) members who served as SPO and Presiding Officers willingly doctored results to give PDP advantage just to receive $200 and $100 respectively and that all of these allegedly happened under the supervision of the police and other security agencies, particularly in Obio/Akpor local government council secretariat.
The party chieftain who made the allegation In a statement made available to media houses in Port Harcourt, said, “This is not good for democracy”.
He condemned the actions of INEC not to hold an impartial Governorship and House Assembly Election in Rivers State.
He said, ” Gov. Wike and his co-conspirators at INEC and Police succeeded in making mockery of Rivers State and her people with the scary reports of voter intimidation, coercion, disenfranchisement, ballot stuffing, assault on voters, falsification of results and many more atrocious engagements including the killing of over a dozen APC members who stood to resist gun-wielding ballot snatchers in military camouflage in Ahoada axis of the state.
”The crude display of desperation by Gov. Nyesom Wike in connivance with INEC officials and security agents to foist on Rivers people concocted results which does not reflect the decision of the electorate.
”To support Wike over the number of people killed in the process of forcefully installing a protege is condemnable and the rape on democracy must be visited with justice.
”With the open rejection of Wike and his thieving cabal by Rivers People which was very glaring during Amaechi’s tour round the state to campaign for APC and which prompted Wike’s threat on non-indigenes to stay away from the elections, there was no way any Rivers State man or woman would have voted for any candidate presented by Wike to warrant the figures being paraded by INEC. It is not possible and must be condemned.
‘The attitude of INEC and police who instead of acting independently and professionally too, opted to conspire with Wike to work against the people during the elections is condemnable.
” The result manipulation at Obio/Akpor Council was done in the presence of the Police and Military men who gave cover and denied agents of other parties access into the council”.
The APC stalwart urged party faithful and Rivers Electorate to keep faith as facts and documents are being assembled to let the entire world and the judiciary know what evil that was perpetrated in Rivers State by people who have arrogated to themselves the destiny of our dear State during both the presidential and gubernatorial election.
He condoled the family of the APC leader Ward 10 and campaign Cordinator for Ahoada West Local Government Area, Mr. Chisom Lenard, who was murdered while resisting election thieves in military camouflage moving round stealing election materials for the PDP as well as over 10 others who were killed by rampaging PDP thugs while defending Nigeria’s democracy.