APC Is Planning To Kidnap INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner In Rivers State – Wike

Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike has said the All Progressives Congress (APC) is doing all they can kidnap the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) in Rivers State.

The governor said it is all a plot to make sure the election was in the stat was postponed.

Daily Post reports that the Wike revealed that the security agencies have also been instructed to disrupt things so that election materials will not be circulated on Saturday.

His words, “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.”