Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike of Rivers State has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of overheating the polity by its actions which, he claimed, do not inspire confidence in stakeholders .
The governor also reaffirmed his statement that security agencies operating in the state are planning to assassinate him .
According to a statement issued by the Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor on Electronic Media, Simeon Nwakaudu, the Governor spoke on Channels Television breakfast programme: “Sunrise Daily” on Monday, stressing that several actions of the electoral body connote that it is working for a specific political interest and political party.
He said all his public statements against INEC and the Police are backed by incontrovertible facts and intelligence in his possession . He said aside weak press statements, INEC and Police have failed to deny these weighty allegations
He said that during the March 19 Rerun elections in Rivers State , INEC suspended elections in 8 Local Government Areas including Tai Local Government Area , only for the same INEC to wake up four months later to concoct results in favour of the APC .
The governor pointed out that INEC did not list Tai Local Government Area as one of the areas where rerun elections would be held , noting that such action was unbecoming .
He said that ahead of the rerun elections , the police is overtly partisan.
The governor said: “They have assigned Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( SARS) personnel to APC Candidates, without assigning any to PDP candidates .
“These SARS personnel have been assigned to the APC candidates for them to intimidate PDP supporters on Election Day.
“I have written the Inspector General of Police five letters that the Assistant Commissioner of Police , in charge of Operations , Steven Hasso and the Commander of SARS , Akin Fakorede have threatened to kill me. But the Inspector General has not replied even one letter.
The governor further confirmed that the Police High Command has withdrawn 200 out of the 250 policemen posted to Government House , Port Harcourt .
He recalled that before the March 19 rerun elections , he made clear statements on the fact that INEC planned to use APC members as collation officers . He said it was proven that majority of the collation officers who ran away from collation centres were card carrying APC members.
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