Wike: APC Has Turned Police, INEC Into Rigging Machines

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal Government.

Speaking on Sunday at a thanksgiving service in honour of George Sekibo, Wike said the APC has turned the Nigerian police and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) into “rigging machines” that threaten the peace of the country.

The governor charged his supporters to be ready to put everything into readiness before the Rivers State governorship election in 2019, adding that he is ready to risk his life to prevent the APC from winning.

He also accused the Federal Government of destroying key national institutions in the country, through their poor governance model.

“Instead of bringing change as they promised, things are getting worse. They have introduced extreme fraud in the country, especially denying the people their mandate,” the governor said.

“2019, they will not succeed. As far as we are concerned, we have no senator in Rivers east. The man going there has no capacity to represent us. All of us should be ready. We should be praying to God, but ready to fight.

“Nobody should be afraid of the police or army, because liberty comes with a price.

“They have nothing to campaign with outside the use of security. I am ready to place myself on line, nobody will take Rivers state.”

Speaking on Sekibo, the Rivers east senator who was sacked from the national assembly this month, Wike said the situation was “a fallout of the unfortunate illegal alliance between the police and INEC”.

He accused the tribunal of relying on results certified by the police “which the APC tendered to the court rather than the results declared by INEC on election day”.