Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike, says the state government has intelligence that a faction of the APC was arming political thugs to disrupt local government elections taking place in the state, tomorrow.
This came in the wake of an announcement by the Police that it is deploying over 15000 personnel across the state for the election. Wike, in a state broadcast, alleged that the APC faction planned to disrupt the elections in Abua/Odual, Akuku Toru, Asari Toru, Degema, Emohua, Ikwerre, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni, Opobo and Tai local government areas.
He said the APC is recruiting and arming political thugs with guns to create an atmosphere of insecurity to scare voters to shun the polling stations across the local government areas, adding that the Rivers State government would hold the security agencies accountable should insecurity be experienced in the course of the elections.
Meanwhile, the APC’s Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone, says the party has no stake in the sham local council elections and has no reason at all to consider or disrupt a process.
Also, State Police Commissioner, Ahmed Zaki, while briefing newsmen in Port Harcourt, said about 15,000 security personnel drawn from the police and all the agencies will be deployed for the exercise as there will be a total restriction of movement of persons, vehicles both on land and air, between of 7a.m. to 4p.m. tomorrow.
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