Nyesom Wike, Governor of
Rivers State has raised the alarm over alleged plot by security agencies and
the All Progressives Congress (APC) to kidnap the INEC’s Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC) of the state ahead of governorship election.
Wike said the ploy to kidnap INEC REC was to ensure the postponement of the
Governorship and State Assembly elections in the state.
Wike further
exposed that the State Government had also intercepted credible intelligence
that the APC also plans to use the security agencies to generate mass violence
to disrupt the distribution of election materials on March 9, 2019
Wike said this in a statement signed by Simon Nwakudu, S.A. on electronic media
to Governor .
The statement
read: “They are struggling to ensure that the Governorship and State Assembly
elections don’t hold in Rivers State.
“The APC is
planning with security agencies to kidnap the Rivers State Independent National
Electoral Commission REC.
“They will send people wearing army uniforms to kidnap the Resident Electoral
Commissioner so that INEC will be forced to postpone the elections.
“That is their
latest strategy and so I have to let the world hear that if anything happens,
they should hold the APC and security services responsible.
“These people
are not kidnappers; they are security agents organised by security agencies
working for APC to see that the Governorship and State Assembly elections don’t
hold in Rivers state.
“These security agencies have been organised to ensure that the elections are
postponed. This ugly plan has failed. I am calling on Nigerians to take note of
this undemocratic plot.
“We have also gathered that the APC and security agencies
plan to disrupt the distribution of electoral materials and compel INEC to
postpone the Governorship and State Assembly elections
“He wondered why some politicians are keen on unleashing
violence on Rivers people.
“The governor urged the people of Rivers West Senatorial District to be
vigilant all through the Governorship and State Assembly elections for the
purpose of ensuring that the elections hold in line with the extant laws.”
