Massive fraud in Rivers as PDP thugs hijack accreditation, chase away INEC officials

Massive fraud in Rivers as PDP thugs hijack accreditation, chase away INEC officials

Scores of officials of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) were chased away in
Rivers State on Saturday by thugs and some officials
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in polling
units.
Some of the thugs, wielding sophisticated weapons,
stormed the polling units, chased away the INEC
officials and ordered some youths to accredit voters.
Two of the INEC officials, who resisted the move,
were injured. They were later taken to hospitals by
some voters.
There were no result sheets in Emuoha, Ikwerre,
Omuma, Etche, Akuku Toru and Bolo axis of Ogu
Bolo Local Government.
It was the same situation in Okrika, Andoni, Asari
Toru, Eleme and Ahoada East in Onelga Local
Government.
Even when there were no incident forms in Opobo/
Nkoro, accreditation was done manually.
In fact, there were no card readers in almost all
units in Obio Akpor and the PDP-imposed electoral
officers accredited some voters.
Some voters perceived to have sympathy for APC
were not accredited.
Also, there were no result sheets in most of Khana
and Gokana Local Governments.
An elderly voter, Joshua Whitehorse, said: “In all my
years of voting, I have never seen this type of
brazen insult on our collective sensibilities. This is
no election at all. It is a complete sham. I can boldly
say there is no election in most parts of Rivers State
because how do you explain a situation in which
INEC officials were chased away by thugs loyal to
Wike (Nyesom Wike, the PDP governorship
candidate)?”