#Nigeriadecides- The Labour Party (LP) in Rivers State has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to nullify the elections conducted in some parts of the state.
The party, in a statement issued on Sunday, listed the areas to include Obio/Akpor, Khana, Eleme, Obigbo, and Rumukoro areas in the state.
The statement signed by the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure said that reports emanating from the areas show the disruption of the electoral process.
Abure alleged that thugs had intimidated officials of INEC into doing their bidding in the areas with support from the military and police officers who were deployed to protect them.
Abure alleged that thugs invaded various polling units and collation centers, and took away election materials including the results sheets.
He further said that the thugs manipulated the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines and uploaded fake results into the central portal.
“We took particular note of incidences in places like Obio/Akpor, Khana, Eleme, Obigbo, Rumukoro, and several other areas where Labour Party was leading in virtually all the polling units with very wide margins.
“Nigerians went into this election based on the assurances by INEC that the deployment of BVAS was a perfect antidote to electoral malpractices in Nigeria.
“But what transpired across Nigeria, if allowed to stand is purely a betrayal of trust of millions of Nigerians by INEC,” Abure said.
Abure called for a probe into the incident and urged INEC to cancel the manipulated results.
“We demand that INEC investigate these atrocities against Nigerian voters by the political class.
“We are therefore asking that INEC should rise to the occasion and cancel all the unverified and manipulated results arising from the presidential and national assembly elections in parts of Rivers State.
“Particularly in places like Obio/Akpor, Khana, Eleme, Obigbo, and Rumukoro amongst others,’’ Abure said.
