Mr Akuki Keneth, the Assistant Commissioner of
Police (ACP) assigned to monitor the April 11
governorship poll in Rivers said on Friday that
the election in the state was peaceful.
Keneth, who is also the area commander in nine
local government councils of the state, testified
before the Governorship Election Petitions
Tribunal for Rivers sitting in Abuja.
The ACP who was subpoenaed by the tribunal
to testify said there was no disruption of voting
in the nine local government area that he
supervised.
“We commenced the first phase of our patrol
around 7: 30 a. m and end it up 11 a. m while
the second phase of the patrol commenced at
1:30 p.m.
“During the period, I went round my area of
coverage and I was also in constant touch with
my men at Cinema and Bonny highland area.
“At the places we visited, INEC documents
arrived there early and there were no threat to
security or any violence.
Kenneth said the councils under his supervision
on the election’s day were, Khana, Gokana,
Okirika, Ogu/Bolo, Eleme, Bonny, Opobo /Nkoro,
Andoni and Tai.
He said from the report he got from the
officers he dispatched to various area under his
jurisdiction, the election was peaceful and there
was no threat to life.
The witness described as “falsehood’’ an earlier
testimony of one DSP Yusuf Buba, before the
tribunal.
He alleged that Buba of the Mobile Police Force
who had earlier testified for the All Progressive
Congress (APC) lied on oath.
Kenneth said that Buba was only deployed to
the INEC office in Bori to provide security.
He contended that under the police disciplinary
procedure, the witness ought to be sanctioned
for his claim that he left his duty post to
monitor the election in other areas.
The witness also denied the allegations that
security men were seen thumb printing ballot
papers and that they provided security for
hoodlums who allegedly stuffed ballot boxes.
“I did not see any mass thumb printing of ballot
papers as alleged and I did not see anybody
removing INEC materials in Khana local
government area and INEC Headquarters,’’ he
said.
While being cross-examined by, Mr Akinlolu
Olujimi, the counsel to the petitioner, the
witness admitted that he was in charge of APC
and that he did all he could to avert the ugly
incidence of bomb blast at party’s campaign
office.
Another witness, CSP Uche Chukwuma, told the
tribunal that he was in charge of Ahoda East
local government area during the election.
He also testified that the governorship election
held and it was peaceful on April 11.
“On the night of April 10, I was on patrol all
through, with two patrol van fully loaded with
our men.
“On April 11, sister agencies like Nigerian prison
service, immigration, FRSC, NSCDC all sent in
their men to join my men. About 305 personnel
were posted to me.
“I deployed my men to the 154 polling units
under the local government.
“The local government was divided into two
constituencies and I posted 110 personnel to
the first one and 195 personnel to the second
constituency to monitor the election.
“I did not receive any negative report on the
election day from any of them,” Chukwuma
said.
He insisted that there was no electoral violence
in the areas he covered.

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Am tired of this news...remove Wike or leave him to do the job he was elected to do.


PMB has no reason not to perform. Over the years when he use to lose the man will be in court till almost half of the tenure.