PORT HARCOURT—No fewer than
13 persons have been detained
by the Nigerian Army over
alleged illegal possession of
ballot papers and bribe taking
during Saturday’s Presidential
and National Assembly elections.

Among those arrested are Rivers
Commissioner for Urban
Development, Dr Reason Williams
and Mr Opokri Wanaka, a serving
member in the Rivers State House
of Assembly.
Others are an army major and
three police officers accused of
collecting bribes to compromise
election materials kept inside the
premises of the Central Bank of
Nigeria, CBN.

The army alleging it has proof
that the Rivers State governor, Mr
Nyesom Wike tried to bribe an
army officer over Saturday’s
Presidential election.
Meanwhile, the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, in the
state, has described as
diversionary the arrests and
parading of some of its members
by men of the 6 Division of
Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt.
Spokesman of the party, Mr.
Darlington Orji, said that the
Army used arrest of its members,
lawmaker, commissioner and
security operatives, to divert
attention from the genocide it
committed in parts of the state
during the Saturday’s Presidential
and National Assembly elections.
The army said its proof include a
recorded phone conversation
Wike allegedly had with an army
officer following arrest of the
member representing Ahoada
West in Rivers State House of
Assembly, Opokri Wanaka and
the state Commissioner for
Urban Development, Dr Reason
Onya Williams for alleged
electoral fraud.
Also arrested and paraded at the
6 Division, Port Harcourt, were
DSP Oyoku Ifelle (Camp Command,
Rivers State Government House),
Sgt Akanu Garba, Inspector
Hycent Oboi and Sgt Nketan
Chucks, all reported Government
House security details and an
Army Majar, A P Ubah, for
allegedly trying to bride military
guards at the Central Bank of
Nigeria, Port Harcourt branch
where electoral materials were
kept for distribution ahead of the
elections.
All the suspects however, denied
any wrong doing, describing
their arrest as a drama being
orchestrated by the army to
smear the person of Governor
Wike over its lost confidence in
the conduct of security
operatives in Rivers.
Col Aminu Iliyasu, Deputy Director
Public Relations, 6 Division, who
paraded the suspects among
several other persons said,
“Saturday, February 23, 2019
about 8:45a.m., following a tip
off on attempt by Wike’s aids to
induce and compromise troops
deployed at the CBN Port
Harcourt premises, our
personnel, Maj AP Ubah and
three other Police personnel
were arrested by a 6 Div Team.
“Preliminary investigations
exposed N2.250m in a Range
Rover belonging to the DSP.
Other items recovered are four
INEC 2019 electoral tags,
customised Rivers State
Government House brown
envelopes, while N500,000 was
found in the Toyota vehicle
belonging to Maj AP Ubah which
he confessed was given to him
by the governor’s aids in
addition to offer of a well-
furnished accommodation for
the period of his tour of duty.
“Same day about 7a.m., a
member of Rivers Assembly,
Opokri Wanaka in company of Dr
Reason Onya Williams, State
Commissioner for Urban
Development visited own troops
Camp at Akinima and requested
to be acquainted with the
Commander. Opokri offered the
officer some money he removed
from his pocket but the officer
not only rejected the offer but
sent the duo away.
“Incidentally, while the officer
and his men were manning a
check point at Mbiama Bridge, a
white Hilux vehicle with Rivers
State Government Reg
No.L02-03RV RIVERS and eight
occupants was stopped for
routine search and clearance. A
carton and two bundles of INEC
2019 Presidential Election ballot
papers were discovered in the
vehicle. Preliminary investigation
reveals that none of the
occupants of the vehicle is an
INEC staff, INEC Ad-hoc staff or
security agent.
“During on the spot
interrogations, Wanaka and Dr
Reason earlier mentioned above
appeared at the spot and tried to
convince the suspecting troops
that the vehicle is part of INEC
convoy that was left behind and
that the vehicle should be
allowed to go because the
electorate were waiting.
“When the vigilant officer
refused to be convinced, Dr
Reason immediately placed a call
to Governor Wike and His
Excellency requested to speak
with the officer who declined
and requested the governor to
please call the GOC. After much
resistance, the officer gave Dr
Reason his number to pass to
Wike which he did via Whatsapp
message. Within 10 minutes
Governor Wike placed a call to
the officer.
“In the said audio played to the
media, the alleged governor
called the said army officer and
assured that a lady would see
him later.”
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/02/army-detains-rivers-commissioner-13-others-over-illegal-possession-of-ballot-papers/
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Arrange your copy and paste well so we can read it.

Meanwhile , all this story is now late Buhari should order the Army n Police to free all the thugs arrested since him did same thing to win. nonsense and ingredient.

PDP Despites all your riggin plan buhari elected as next level president.
WICKED WIKE WE ARE COMING TO YOU SOON

Maybe they should free them because we have finally succeeded in sending Atiku to political Menopause.