The Rivers State Government has called for the
arrest of the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi if found moving around
on election day.
The Governor said security operatives should adhere
strictly to President Muhammadu Buhari’s
directives without bias.
The State’s Commissioner for Information and
Communication, Austin Tam-George urged the security operatives to arrest
Amaechi and prosecute him if he posed any security threat and violated the
electoral laws, before, during and after the Rivers State re-run polls.
Tam-George, who made this declaration in a press
statement, said Amaechi’s hotel room and vehicles should be searched to ensure
that he was not in possession of sensitive materials of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), before, during and after the election.
He alleged that Amaechi’s plot to truncate the
electoral process in Rivers State through the instigation of violence had been
perfected two weeks ago.
He further called on the security forces to quickly
investigate a purported “security reports that the All Progressives Congress,
have sown fake military
uniforms and distributed to its members to cause
mayhem during the elections, so as to plunge the State into anarchy.”
The Commissioner also requested an “urgent
investigation into credible information that the INEC ad hoc staff list is
already populated with fanatical
APC supporters, who have been mandated to rig the
elections without scruples.”
Dr. Tam-George further posited that “the electoral
law is no respecter of any person no matter how highly placed”, and urged INEC
to be responsive to its duties and resist being pliable in the hands of
Amaechi.
The Commissioner emphasized that INEC should recognize
that it would be held to the highest operational and ethical standards
throughout the electoral process.
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