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The Rivers State Governor, Barr. Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has called on the international community to take serious interest in the alleged plot by the police in the state to rig the December 10 rerun elections in the state.
In a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Mr. Simeon Nwakaudu, Wike alleged that the police had perfected plans to start the indiscriminate arrests of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, members and the party’s supporters a few days to rerun.
The governor declared that through the state established intelligence channel, he was in possession of the list of PDP supporters earmarked for arrest by the police before the rerun elections, Dailytimes reports.
Wike who spoke on Wednesday during the flag off of the Chokocho-Umuechem-Ozuzu Road in Etche Local Government Area, said:
“They have written the names of those they want to arrest. In Khana Local Government Area alone, they have earmarked 103 persons for arrest. “You didn’t arrest them before now, but you want to arrest them at this point because election is approaching,”
He called on the people of the state to resist any such politically motivated arrests, pointing out that such actions aimed at promoting the interest of an unpopular APC would not be tolerated.
“Now that it is obvious that the APC cannot win, they should forget about these rerun elections and wait for another time. There is no need creating crisis when the APC is unpopular in Rivers State,” he said.
Wike noted that it is the alleged fraudulent plots of the APC in liaison with the police and INEC that generated tension which could lead to violence.
“We want free and fair elections.They should allow our people to choose their leaders in peace because nobody will be allowed to rig elections here,” Wike said.
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