Politics
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THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State has cried out to the Senate, urging it to prevail on Nyesom Wike, state governor, to allow the rescheduled parliamentary re-run elections in the state to hold in an atmosphere of peace and devoid of bloodshed and falsehood. The APC made the appeal while reacting to efforts by the Senate to ensure that the polls, which have been overly delayed because of fear of violence allegedly orchestrated by Wike and some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are held soon so as to avoid the denial of the electorate in the affected areas their right to choose their representatives in both the state and national assemblies.
Rivers APC in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, November 08, 2016 7, said: “We are grateful to the Senate for insisting that the rerun elections in Rivers State be concluded before the end of the second week of December this year. We also commend the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for adhering to the Senate’s position by fixing 10th December, 2016 for the much-delayed rerun elections.
“We as a party will be most relieved if the rerun polls is finally conducted and concluded on the said 10th December – at least to allow our members who have suffered most in this regard to have the opportunity to take their rightful places in both the national and state assemblies.”
The party also pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari for the sake of peace and security to prevail on Wike to allow peace to reign in Rivers State by stopping to intimidate, frame and arrest members of the APC on trumped-up charges and turning the Rivers State Government House into a place of arrest of the APC members.
“Wike cannot be allowed to continue to act as if he is operating Rivers State as a different country outside another country call Nigeria. This is to avoid setting up the state on fire as there is a limit to the level of lawlessness being exhibited in Rivers State by the PDP government. It is sad that by the recent actions of Gov Wike, he has usurped the functions of both the Inspector General of Police and Director of DSS and sadly nobody wants to call him to order? Why must he create uneasiness in Rivers State whenever there will be an election in Rivers State?
“Wike must stop his desperation in setting up innocent Rivers men and women who are not members of his political party as none of his acts this time around will stop Rivers State people from voting in Senator Abe and other APC candidates during the rerun election,” the APC statement said further.
Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, chairman, Rivers State, who signed the statement, urged party members and the entire electorate in the affected areas to get ready to punish the bungling the PDP on December 10, by voting overwhelmingly for the APC candidates.
— Nov 8, 2016 @ 16:40 GMT
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