The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers has described as “baseless and unfortunate” claims by Governor Nyesom Wike that it intends to rig the Dec. 10 re-run election in the state.
According to Channels Television, the spokesman for the party in Rivers State, Chris Finebone in a statement alleged that Wike had never won an election without bribing security agencies.
The statement says Governor Wike has “resorted to cheap blackmail to try to continue to portray himself as an electoral strongman having been stripped of the false garment in recent times.
“Fact is that Governor Wike has never embarked on any election without buying over the police and the rest of the security agencies.
“He has also not engaged in any election without taking firm control of the election umpire and the judiciary. The height of this malfeasance was in the 2015 elections when he introduced another factor – the use of ex-militants and hoodlums who killed and maimed for him while Gesila Khan’s INEC wrote election results with Wike’s men across Rivers State.
“However, as the rerun elections approach, it seems to be dawning on the governor that times have changed as the security agencies including the Nigeria police are way beyond his corrupting reach,” the statement further read.
Wike had alleged that he has video evidence that the State Commissioner of Police, Francis Odesanya is working with the APC to rig the election.
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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