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Rivers State Election Impasse: Coalition Of Observer Groups Decry Attack On Rivers REC


As controversy continues to trail the suspended announcement of the results of the March 23rd 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 pervaded the elections in the state only goes a long way to show the desperation of politicians who are the real cause of the problems that occurred in the state on March 23rd”.

“Instead of attacking the Independent National Electoral Commission and the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, politicians should rather apologise to the people of the state over their conducts that led to the suspension”. The Coalition said it supported the suspension because if not for such timely intervention by the electoral umpire, whatever outcome that may have occurred would have been a complete rape on democracy not only in the state but in the country considering the significance of the election.

“|Our Coalition believes the suspension was for the good of democracy in the state and the country at large. The suspension has covered up the monumental ridicule which the country would have been subjected to in the comity of nations. At this point in time, we wish to give the REC in the state a vote of confidence for his efforts to carry out the elections despite the monumental challenges he was faced with. Politicians must learn to give credit to people that suffered to ensure that democracy stands and not to subject them to unnecessary character assassination as is being witnessed in Rivers State”. The statement added.

The Coalition promised to ensure that Nigerians have the benefit of knowing what was observed in the elections in the state on the 3rd of April at the NUJ Conference centre Port Harcourt .

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