Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has
declared that his administration will support the
conduct of free and fair legislative rerun elections
by the Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, in the state.


He was, however, quick to warn that manipulators
will be dealt with decisively.

The governor stressed that people of the state will
resist any attempt to rig the forthcoming rerun
elections with the aim of subverting the will of the
people.


Governor Wike spoke on Friday at the Government
House, Port Harcourt when he granted audience to
the new Resident Electoral Commissioner of INEC in
Rivers State, Elder Ikoiwak Aniedi.


The governor said: “You must have heard me say,
which some people have taken out of context. I
want to repeat what I said. We will support
anybody that comes to conduct free and fair
elections. If anybody has at the back of his mind
that he is coming to do the bidding of a particular
political party or interest group or that he is
coming to the state to impose candidates on the
state or rig election, the people will resist. Of
course, you know what that means.


“You have said it here that it is the duty of the
people to elect their representatives. It is not the
duty of INEC and it is not the duty of security
agents to impose candidates on our State. Your
duty is to conduct free and fair elections and we
want to believe that INEC will conduct free and fair
elections “.


Speaking further, Governor Wike said: “The ruling
party at the Federal level has boasted severally
how they will use INEC and security agencies to
manipulate the rerun elections. Don’t allow any
security agency to teleguide you because we have
told our people that everybody should be firm,
everybody should be ready. We will not take any
chances, we will follow materials bumper to
bumper. We will make sure we have agents in all
areas”.


The governor urged INEC to ensure that the
forthcoming rerun elections in the state are
conclusive.


Governor Wike called on the INEC Resident
Electoral Commissioner to seek the opinion of the
commission’s legal department on the legal
implications of the rerun elections which will hold
on 19th March, 2016, long after the three months
stipulated in the Electoral Act and the judgment of
the Court of Appeal.


He said that the new Resident Electoral
Commissioner was a man who understands the
terrain of the state and has the capacity to conduct
free and fair elections.


Earlier, the Rivers State INEC Electoral
Commissioner, Elder Ikoiwak Aniedi said that he
paid the courtesy call to inform Governor Wike that
rerun elections will hold in the state on 19th March
for 3 Senatorial Districts, 12 Federal Constituencies
and 22 State Constituencies.


Elder Aniedi applied for the governor’s approval for
INEC to use state schools for the elections from
March 18 to March 20, 2016.


He assured the people of the state that INEC will
conduct free and fair elections in line with the law.
He added that the commission will work with
security agencies to ensure peaceful polls.


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