*We only
provided moral support to our candidate —Rivers State govt
EDO State
governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that the Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, in connivance with some state governors had registered about 8,000
militants with the intention of using them to manipulate the governorship
election in the state.
This came as
the Rivers State government denied the allegation, adding that moral support
was only provided to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate
in the state. Speaking while receiving the Inspector-General of Police, Mr.
Idris Ibrahim at the Government House, Benin City, yesterday, Oshiomhole said:
“In line with my tradition, I have always tried to speak out on any matter that
I am worried about. I first raised this alarm on the eve of INEC Continuing
Voters’ Registration exercise, an exercise that has been designed to register
those who have become eighteen between the last registration and the current
one.
“They are exporting militants to Edo State to register so that with the
PVC in their hands, they will appear to have the lawful basis to be present at
the designated polling units where they are expected to unleash violence on
election day.
“Now, as part of the processes they put in place to effect this,
they had conspirators in INEC that made available to them data capturing machine
in the residences of various opposition leaders.
We shared these experiences
with the police and the DSS.” Earlier, the Police boss said, “We are on a
working visit. We have come here to interact with our officers and colleagues
from other security agencies to see that the election we are having in a few
days time is carried out in a seamless manner.
“Our presence here shows the
synergy between the security agencies working in the state. This is an
assurance that there is a lot of cooperation between us and other security
agencies, and it is an assurance that we are definitely sure that in a few days
time, we are going to have a successful governorship election in Edo State.”
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