From Tony John
Some governorship candidates in Rivers State have accused INEC of planning to manipulate the electoral processes to favour the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The candidates and the political parties include All Progressives Congress (APC), Tonye Colle; National Rescue Movement NRM), Sobomabo Jackrich; Action Alliance (AA), Dawari George; Accord (A), Dumo Lulu-Briggs and African Democratic Congress (ADC), Tonte Ibraye.
They have also called for strict adherence with the Electoral Act 2022 provisions and INEC regulations in the conduct of the forthcoming polls in the state.
The candidates, in a joint press conference, in Port Harcourt, claimed they had uncovered a well-orchestrated plot by certain top officials of the INEC in Rivers State, to compromise the governorship and State House of Assembly elections.
Briefing journalists, Tonye Cole of the APC, alleged that INEC has planned to execute the plot in connivance with officials of the State Government and the PDP to rig the elections in favour of its candidates in the respective polls.
Cole further alleged that the ruling government wants to use the instrumentality of the 23 Local Government Area Council Secretariats serving as LGA Collation Centres by the INEC, to rig and manipulate the results of the governorship and House of Assembly elections.