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Rivers Rerun: Wike’s Leaked Audio Comments Have Confirmed Our Fears—APC

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the leaked audio recording allegedly showing the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, admitting to bribing some electoral officials and threatening to kill them if his instructions were not followed has confirmed its fears raised in the lead up to the recently conducted December 10, 2016 legislative re-run…

Senator Abe Okay With Conduct of Election in Rivers South East

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the legislative re-run elections, Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, has commended the conduct of the state and national assembly re-run elections in Rivers South East Senatorial District particularly in Gokana Local Government Area. Speaking to newsmen shortly after casting his vote at Ward 16 Unit 10 Bera in…

APC Accuses Wike, PDP Of Planning to Deploy Fake Security Men For Rivers Rerun

As the December 10 rerun elections in Rivers State approach, the state chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, says it has received credible intelligence that the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have made several National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, uniforms complete with APC tags which PDP thugs will…

Rivers Rerun: APC Blames PDP For Postponement

The postponement of the July 30 rerun election in Rivers State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been blamed on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. According to the Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, it received the news of the rescheduling with mixed feelings, adding that their instinctive response is that…

Rivers Rerun: INEC Plans To Rig For APC—Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmud Yakubu, of taking actions that are inimical to credible rerun elections in the state by his alleged secret meeting with the Rivers State APC chairman, Davies Ikanya and Senator Magnus Abe on July 19, 2016. Addressing…

Wike Plans To Use N9b Loan For Rivers Rerun—APC

The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the state governor is planning to use the N9 billion he asked for to prosecute the July 30 rerun in Rivers. The opposition party in the state, in a statement signed by its Chairman, Davies Ikanya, therefore condemned what it called “unconscionable and…

Wike, Amaechi War Almost Over—Tonye Princewill

…As Labour Party Candidates Drag INEC‎ to Court‎ By Hector Spiff Candidates of the Labour Party in Akulga/Asalga Federal and State Constituencies in Rivers State have registered their disenchantment and disapproval over what they termed “ostrich game” played by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, pertaining to the conduct of the recent Rerun polls (Federal…

Rivers Rerun: PDP Senators Want Results Released

Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senators in the present National Assembly have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately release the outstanding results in the Rivers State re-run elections particularly results that were collated from polling units, wards, Local Government Areas in their possession. This was part of the resolutions…

Rivers SSG Kenneth Kobani Arrested

Men of the Nigerian Army have apprehended Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Kenneth Kobani. Kobani was arrested for alleged stalling the distribution of electoral materials at a polling unit in his area during the rerun election. According to reports reaching us, the Rivers SSG was at a RAC centre on Saturday morning and allegedly…