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3/29/2015

Rivers state governor has refused to be accredited...says soldiers cant do a thing to him.

Mr. Rotimi Amaechi,rivers state governor refused to be accredited over
the refusal of officials of the Independent National Electoral
Commission to produce the result sheet for his polling unit at Omuanwa
Ward in the Ikwerre Local Government Area.
Amaechi turned up around 10.00am at his polling unit and was told
that there were no election result sheets and that the card readers
deployed in the area failed to work.
The governor, who is the Director-General of the All Progressives
Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation, accused the Peoples
Democratic Party of plotting to rig the presidential elections in the
state. It is unlikely if Amaechi performed his civic right. His convoy
was seen returning back to the State House in Port Harcourt almost
immediately.
The governor later addressed a crowd of voters and declared that there
would be no accreditation or voting in the area since the result
sheets were not available.
Rotimi Amaechi disclosed that he had called the State Resident
Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Gecila Khan, who told him that the result
sheets had been dispatched to the necessary points.
Firstclass newsline gathered that the result sheets have not been
brought here. The same thing is happening all over the local
government area. We have, therefore, resolved not to be involved in
the election until the result sheets are brought.
A mild drama ensued as Amaechi drove towards his ward to have a
glimpse of goings-on before being accredited.
Rotimi amaechi was stopped by the Brigade Commander, 2 Brigade, Bori
Camp, Port Harcourt, Brigadier General Essien Essien, who told him not
to drive around during election since he had not been accredited by
INEC.
When the governor tried to move, a group of soldiers blocked his
convoy, a development that caused anxiety for about 12 minutes.
Rotimi amaechi queried the rationale behind the action of the
soldiers, who he accused of blocking the road to his father's house.
"Were you sent by President Jonathan to kill me? I had told the world
that President Jonathan is trying to kill me and I am saying it
again," the governor said.
Essien, however, told Amaechi that they were not given any directive
to kill anybody, even as he insisted that the governor should go back
home and stop moving around the area.
Essien told the governor that the military did not block the road
leading to his house, but only carrying out instruction to maintain
law and order.
"Your Excellency, we have instructions not to allow people who are not
duly accredited to move around during the election. That is why we are
advising you to go back to your house and wait there until the
election is over.
The governor later decided to go to the Government House in Port
Harcourt after the exchange of words between him and the Brigade
Commander, adding that he would only come back for accreditation if
the result sheets were ready.
Amaechi had earlier dared the soldiers to arrest him, saying, "Arrest
me if that's what you want to do or allow me return to Government
House in Port Harcourt. This house is my father's house. I don't have
a house in my village."
Meanwhile, the PDP governorship candidate in Rivers State, Nyesom
Wike, cast his vote after accreditation around 2.30pm. Wike, who is a
former Minister of State for Education, came in company with his wife,
Suzeth, to the Unit 7, Ward 9 polling station in Obio/Akpor area in
Ikwerre.
Addressing journalists after voting, Wike called for calm while
describing the election in the state as "relatively commendable"
except for a handful cases of card reader malfunction which almost
hindered accreditation.
Firstclassnewsline.net

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