Dr Dakuku Peterside, said
that video clips which show the PDP rigging last Saturday’s election were
available.
He said the videos which clearly justify claims by his party that the elections were manipulated to favour the PDP were intact.
He said the videos which clearly justify claims by his party that the elections were manipulated to favour the PDP were intact.
Dakuku is the governorship
candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, he maintained
that the elections were marred by rigging.
He said: “We have evidence
of the rigging process in Saturday’s election in video clips . It is
incontrovertible that the election was marred with rigging.”
Meanwhile, about 2,000
female members of the APC, yesterday, protested on the ever busy Aba Road in
Port Harcourt, calling for the cancellation of Saturday’s election.
The protesters were
dispersed at Waterlines portion of the road by policemen who fired teargas into
the air, thus preventing the protesters from getting to the office of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, about 500 meters away.
Meantime, a statement by
the APC state Chairman, Dr Davies
Ikanya, called for suspension of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the
state, Dame Gesilia Khan, accusing her of bias in the conduct of the elections.
He insisted that the state
INEC boss should not be allowed to conduct the governorship and state House of
Assembly elections.
He said: “The Rivers State
Chapter of APC has demanded the immediate suspension of the State Resident
Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mrs. Khan, for colluding with the PDP to rig last
weekend’s presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. For Mrs.
Khan to have removed the INEC result sheets in all the polling units in the
state with the intention of rigging the polls is a very serious offence. Mrs.
Khan should not only be suspended but should not be allowed to conduct the
April 11 governorship and state Assembly elections, as well as the Presidential
and National Assembly elections when rescheduled.
“We are very convinced that
if our case is thoroughly investigated, it will be confirmed that the State REC
compromised her office and tarnished the good image of INEC.”
Meanwhile, the Rivers State
Government has declared a curfew in the state. The is from 7 p,m., to 6
p.m., till further notice.
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