As controversy continues to trail the suspended announcement of the results of the March 23 rd Rives State Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Rivers state, a Coalition of Observer groups that observed the elections in the state has decried the consistent attacks on the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state Barr. Obo Effanga describing the attacks as an attempt on blackmailing him which must be condemned by patriotic democrats in the country. The Coalition in a press statement signed by its Leader and the Head of the Nigerian Vote Count Campaigners Comrade Emmanuel Nkweke aka Mr. Vote Count, said the elections in the state does not reflect the criticism that has trailed the REC to the extent of calling for his resignation or deployment. The statement said “maligning the character of the person of the REC in the state who conducted one of the best elections since the advent of our present democracy despite the cumbersome challenges that...
