Rivers rerun: Amaechi deals Wike dirty blow over delayed results in 2 LGAs
- Amaechi denies that his actions is the reason behind the the non-declaration of results in Ikwerre and Emohua local government areas in the Rivers rerun poll
- The minister says INEC should be accorded the liberty to announce results freely
- He says that Wike has no right to decide when INEC should release results
Rotimi Amaechi, the minister of transport, has denied claims that he is behind the non-declaration of results in Ikwerre and Emohua local government areas in the Rivers rerun election.
Recall that Governor Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party accused Amaechi of using the army and the police to hijack Ikwerre results on Saturday night, December 10.
Amaechi denies role in ‘hijacked’ Ikwerre results
For Emohua, Wike and his spokesperson, Franklin Oraye, separately said that the military had taken over the collation centre to “concoct fake results”.
According to the governor and his aide, Amaechi, is being aided by the military and policemen as well as INEC to tamper with original results from the two LGAs in order to overturn PDP’s lead in the six LGAs already announced.
But in a swift response, Amaechi, told Premium Times that the allegations against him were false.
He said INEC should be accorded the liberty to announce results freely, saying that Wike has no right to decide when INEC should release results.
A statement from Amachi’s spokesperson, David Iyiofor, read: “The Minister is not aware of what Wike is talking about.
“Wike must allow INEC to collate and announce the results of the rerun elections. As governor, Wike cannot be INEC or dictate to INEC how and when to announce election results.
“It’s sad, very sad that Wike is desecrating the office of the governor of Rivers State with all these spurious and silly allegations.”
Ikwerre and Emohua are two of eight LGAs that constitute Rivers East senatorial district.
While the results of six LGAs have been announced, with PDP winning all, there are uncertainties over the results of Ikwerre and Emohua LGAs.