By Ehi Ekhator, Naija Center News

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested 9 people including three women on Thursday at a certain hotel with registration materials, Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) machine in their possession.

The possible election riggers were arrested in Elele.

The arrest has attracted a lot of worries and accusations between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

A member of the APC in Ikwerre Local Government Area, Mr. Chidi Wihioka said that the PDP were completely involved in the entire scene.

But contrary to the accusation, the Special adviser to the State Chairman, Jerry Needam described as false the misleading, linking the members to the incident.

Mr. Needam said that the allegation against his party and what he referred to as “purported illegal restration was orchestrated by Chidi Wihioka and the APC to portray the party in a bad light, knowing that their campaign deceits and lies have been exposed and the people have vowed to reject them in the coming elections.

PDP also challenged Mr. Wihioka to give account for billions of Naira he mismanaged when he served as Chairman of the Rivers State Road Rehabiliation Committee before making false accusation against the party.


The party called on the police to make sure the matter is thoroughly investigated.

The State Police Command, Ahmad K. Muhammad who spoke with NAIJA CENTER NEWS on the issue said that a hotel was raided last night by the police after receiving a tip off that some boys were registering people illegally at the hotel.

He confirmed that three among the arrested people were women, adding that preliminary investigation revealed they were yahoo yahoo boys.


When asked by our correspondent if yahoo yahoo boys use INEC machine and materials, Muhammad said “Like i said, we are still on investigation, you can call INEC to ask if their machine is missing”

He confirmed that INEC machine was found in their possession but added that he cannot link them to politics yet.


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