A head of Saturday’s governorship and state Assembly elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reports that it requested special security operatives to be mobilised to South-South states, especially Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, and Akwa Ibom.

President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday met behind closed-doors with service chiefs and heads of security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with a directive that more security agents be deployed to Bayelsa, Rivers, Delta, and Akwa Ibom states.

It was also reported that the request for special security for the affected states was made by INEC, which had lamented the attacks on its officials and ad-hoc staff in the states during the presidential and National Assembly elections.

Many believe that the flooding of the states in question with security operatives is a calculated attempt to militarise the region and rig the elections in favour of the APC.

The APC recorded losses in the region in the presidential election.

However, speaking with Daily Independent, Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, said he was not aware that the commission wrote to the Federal Government requesting for special security operatives for the affected states.

“I am in Makurdi as I speak right now. I am not privy to that information that we requested for special security for the South-South states as at now. If anything of such has happened, I am not aware,” Okoye said.

Also speaking on the development, Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, said the deployment of special security to the South-South was to allow APC rig the elections, having suffered a remarkable defeat in the presidential and National Assembly elections.

Yinka Odumakin, its National Publicity Secretary, said President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had been lamenting the inability of the APC to win in the region despite all they had done.

“It is obviously to perfect their rigging machine. Even the president and the vice president have been lamenting that they didn’t win Akwa Ibom in spite of all they did. The resident electoral commissioner stood firm to ensure free, fair, elections.
https://www.independent.ng/we-didnt-request-for-special-security-for-s-south-inec/

Please why is Bubu so much interested in south south state.....Mr integrity

That's where the real money is especially Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Delta

IOStanley:
Please why is Bubu so much interested in south south state.....Mr integrity

IOStanley:
Please why is Bubu so much interested in south south state.....Mr integrity

BECAUSE THE SOUTH SOUTH IS APC REGION THATS WHY ATIKU, OBI AND NNAMDI KANU WANT TO KILL THEMSELVES. MBIO INOH

IOStanley:
Please why is Bubu so much interested in south south state.....Mr integrity

What do you expect parasites to do? The North contributes nothing and he's the king of the North. The king of parasites would always be interested in it's host. Without SS, North starves. I blame the greedy politicians in our area. For crumps they sell out. It shall never be well with Amaechi, Akpabio, etc.

May noone challenge my post by mentioning the North contributes Agriculture. That's nothing but propaganda created by the North. If they are the ones with the food then why are they the most starved? How is it the South eats more than they do? When you think about everything the North says they have and brings to the table, they are worst off. Everything written about them is fake. North contributes nothing. They are parasites.

Warsaw plan being rejected by the people

Indiaindia:

BECAUSE THE SOUTH SOUTH IS APC REGION THATS WHY ATIKU, OBI AND NNAMDI KANU WANT TO KILL THEMSELVES. MBIO INOH

Since you don't know how to analyzed politic, next time don't comment on issues you can't contribute irrespective of the fact behind the truth.