Attempt to mare Rivers re-run elections revealed

The Rivers State Government has urged security agencies operating in the state to urgently address disturbing news that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has sent out hundreds of its thugs in fake military uniforms to different parts of the state, in order to rig the rerun elections on Saturday.

According to  Austin Tam-George, Commissioner for Information and Communication, Rivers State, these APC thugs have been sighted in Novotel Hotel, which is used by the party as its command and control centre for the Saturday elections.

Reports say Rotimi Amaechi, the Minister for Transportation, is directly responsible for the distribution of N50,000 and uniforms to each of the thugs.

The fake soldiers are also reported to be armed.

This is a vindication of our earlier alert to the general public, that the APC would stop at nothing in its attempt to undermine free, fair and violence-free elections on Saturday.

We call for an immediate investigation into the clandestine activities of Amaechi, Dakuku Peterside, and other APC chieftains in Rivers State.