Suspected arsonists in the early hours of yesterday razed down the office of the Independent National Electoral commission, INEC, in Bori, headquarters of Khana local government area.
This ugly development is ahead of the July 30 rescheduled rerun elections in eight local government areas in the state. Caretaker Committee Chairman of the local government council, Mr Gbara Erelo condemned the incident, saying it occurred about 1230am. It is not clear what informed the attack on the office but residents who spoke to the Vanguard said desperate politicians could be behind it. “This is certainly by politicians. They know what they want to achieve by this .
But this desperation is unnecessary”, a native of the area said. The rerun election is expected to hold in the local government and other Ogoni local government areas in the state. Saturday Vanguard gathered that security had been tightened in the area after the incident. Meanwhile, the Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has urged the nation’s security agencies to hold Gov. Nyesom Wike responsible for the arson. The APC made the charge in a statement by the State Chairman, Chief (Dr) Davies Ibiamu Ikanya and made available to journalists Friday in Port Harcourt. “This is exactly what we have been saying; just yesterday Nyesom Wike was publicly threatening INEC, its Chairman, myself and Senator Magnus Abe and in less than 24 hours the INEC office in Senator Abe’s South-East Senatorial Headquarters (Bori) has been burnt down.
“This is typical of the saying that the witch cried last night and today the child dies. There’s no need looking elsewhere, Nyesom Wike has, as usual, carried out his earlier threat to visit us with fire.”
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