Although the APC is not taking part in the governorship election, the party has adopted the African Action Congress, AAC Candidate, Biokpomabo Awara and considers itself a major participant in the poll.
Midway into the elections on March 9, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, suspended the exercise citing snatching of electoral materials and violence among others.
However, last week, the electoral umpire, fixed between April 2 and April 5 for the resumption of collation and announcement of the results of the poll, and between April 13 and 15 for the supplementary poll and April 15 and announcement of all results.
Ahead of the resumption of the electoral activities, the Rivers PDP, yesterday, alerted security agencies over alleged ”fresh threat to law and order” being incubated by the APC.
APC countered the PDP and also flayed Mr. Akpo Bomba Yeeh, the AAC deputy governorship candidate, who on Monday defected to the PDP.
”The Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has again raised alarm and wants the security agencies to take note of inciting statements to cause
breach of the law and order in the State by card carrying members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, under the guise of civil society organizations.”
”APC’s macabre songs and beating of war drums to which the PDP also raised alarm but were not followed up, the result of which was the avoidable killings and destruction of properties of Rivers people in parts of the State during the 2019 general elections.
”We are calling on the security agencies for the umpteenth time, the PDP noted, that Jackson Omenazu is only fronting for Mr Amaechi and the
APC using the claimed ‘civic society organization’ as an umbrella and should be put under watch and better still, investigated over inciting statements against the peace of the state.”
”APC’s macabre songs and beating of war drums to which the PDP also raised alarm but were not followed up, the result of which was the avoidable killings and destruction of properties of Rivers people in parts of the State during the 2019 general elections.
”We are calling on the security agencies for the umpteenth time, the PDP noted, that Jackson Omenazu is only fronting for Mr Amaechi and the
APC using the claimed ‘civic society organization’ as an umbrella and should be put under watch and better still, investigated over inciting statements against the peace of the state.”
They added that in 2015, ”armed militants recruited by PDP, openly enjoyed the protection of the police and military terrorized and chased away both opponents and voters into hiding, hijacked sensitive election materials,
wrote millions of ghost votes for themselves” got the INEC to declare PDP winner.
They continued: ”Comparatively in the 2019 elections, the APC controls the Federal Government, PDP is in opposition.
The roles reversed. Military involved also in the elections but this time more as a repelling force against the activities of armed political thugs,
to create the enabling environment for citizens to vote than as a participant in the elections.
”At least four military personnel were shot dead and two lying in critical conditions in various parts of the state including
Abonnema, Khana, Obio Akpor by thugs with illegal arms procured for then by the political actors.”
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