March 19, Re-run Elections In Rivers:
…Warns INEC
Over Mpigi, Abe’s Frequent Visits To Abuja Office
The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, says it’s aware of the surreptitious moves by Messrs Barry Mpigi
and Magnus Abe, both candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for
Oyigbo, Eleme, Tai Federal Constituency and Rivers South/East Senatorial
District respectively in the March 19 re-run elections to influence and
stampede the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to release
results for the four Ogoni local government council areas where the elections
did not hold on account of their suspension by the INEC, even before the
commencement of accreditation of voters on Saturday March 19, 2016.
Information from the office of the State PDP chairman,
Bro Felix Obuah and signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Jerry
Needam has it that though it’s public knowledge and not in doubt that the
re-run elections in Tai, Khana, Eleme, Gokana and Andoni Local Government Areas
were suspended by the INEC due to reported cases of fake result sheets
and hijacking of election materials by these desperate APC candidates working
in tandem with compromised military men, the duo of Mpigi and Abe have been
hobnobbing with Mrs Amina Zakari of the INEC to dare the unexpected by
declaring election results for those areas where election was suspended.
They are particularly working on declaring election
results in Tai Local Government Area, with the help of Mrs Amina Zakari, in
favour of Magnus Abe and Barry Mpigi, All Progressives Congress, APC,
candidates.
Describing the move as dangerous, the State PDP
chairman, Bro Obuah warned that contemplating such sinister plot is enough
provocation let alone executing it.
He appealed to INEC’s Amina Zakari not to succumb to
the snare because the Rivers people will not and cannot tolerate such a letdown
and, or affront.
The PDP, the Chairman noted, as a grassroots party is
not afraid of any re-run election anywhere any day in the State and only
expects the INEC to do the needful, by releasing the results for only those
places the elections were conclusive, and not areas were elections were
suspended, and also conduct fresh re-run elections in the areas they were
either inconclusive or outrightly cancelled or suspended as in Ogoni and Andoni
Areas.
He queried the rationale for the regular visits to the
Abuja office of the INEC by Mr Magnus Abe and Barry Mpigi as though they are
staff of the commission, describing the development as worrisome. They were
spotted in INEC office in Abuja on Thursday and Friday respectively.
“We are not raising alarm because we are afraid of
anybody but this has to be made public so that these plotters will know that
there is no way we will allow the abominable act to succeed.
We therefore advise that rather than looking for a way
where there is none, they should either throw in the towel or prepared to test
their popularity and acceptability to the people in another round of elections.
On our own party, we are ready any day and will
definitely come out tops and perhaps, that is why they are jittery and want to
go about it through the back door which is criminal and unacceptable”, Bro
Obuah stated.
Signed:
Jerry Needam
Special Adviser on Media
and Publicity
To the Rivers PDP
Chairman, Bro Felix Obuah
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