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The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has stated that he and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) do not trust the Independent National electoral Commission (INEC) to keep data and materials from the last elections safe.
He stated that because he and his party do not trust the electoral umpire or opposition parties, he had taken the liberty to save data from the elections in a flash drive which he displayed.
He spoke during an interview with journalists in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital
Speaking on the arrest of some lawyers of opposition parties in the state in relation to allegations of fraud, the governor stated that the arrests were in order, and that it was left to the police to investigate and establish whether or not a crime was committed.