Rivers Rerun: Wike Remains a Threat to Democracy – Amaechi

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Rivers Rerun: Wike Remains a Threat to Democracy – Amaechi

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The former governor of Rivers State and incumbent Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi has declared that Governor Nyesom Wike is a threat to democracy and to free and fair elections in the state. Amaechi also claimed that the elections in Ikwerre Local Government Area (LGA) where he hails from remain inconclusive because, according to him, thugs allegedly sent by Wike violently disrupted the collation of votes for the LGA. The former governor, in a statement through his media office, apparently in response to the threats and allegations by Wike as published in a national daily described Wike as a clear danger and threat to free and fair elections, devoid of violence in Rivers State. Amaechi said, “Wike’s riotous comment in THISDAY of Saturday is disgraceful and shameful. His resort to blackmail, threats and more violence is a clear danger to the practice of democracy, and to free and fair elections in Rivers State.” “You would recall that Wike has been threatening INEC and INEC officials. Before the re-run elections, he threatened INEC officials coming to conduct the elections to write their wills before coming as if they were coming to die in Rivers State. “Sadly, an INEC ad-hoc staff, a youth corps member was killed. This is a classic case of the owl crying in the night and the baby not waking up in the morning. “He threatened INEC before the elections and an INEC official sent to conduct election was murdered on Election Day. What other evidence do we need to know who is responsible for the death of the INEC official? “Wike is a loose cannon, threatening INEC with violence, fire, and brimstone. This is intolerable and completely unacceptable. No democracy can survive with Wike’s kind of attitude and disposition to elections. Wike can’t just go on and on threatening crisis, war and more violence just because of his desperation to win elections.” The statement further added that, “The problem in Ikwerre LGA elections was caused by the same Wike who sent his goons to the LGA collation centre to disrupt the collation. “The collating officer for the LGA, Dr Allwell Egeonu told the press, and it is on video, that he was lucky to escape alive as thugs invaded the Ikwerre LGA collation centre in Isiokpo, shooting for over 30 minutes and everybody had to run for their lives. “The Wike goons took away all the materials. According to the INEC Collating official, nothing was collated in Ikwerre LGA.  And this man’s story is on tape. He spoke to the media. “The Collating Officer for Ikwerre LGA also went to the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Rivers State, reported what happened and also wrote about it to the State REC. A copy of the letter is available for all to see.”

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