Wike
Gov caught threatening to kill INEC officials over Rerun Election
Gov Wike has been caught on tape threatening to kill some INEC
officials he reportedly bribed for the state's rerun election.
Rivers State, Governor Nyesom Wike has been reportedly caught on tape as he threatened to kill some INEC staffs in a phone conversation during the last Rivers Rerun election.
According
to the leaked conversation by SaharaReporters, Wike was heard in a
telephone conversation with officials of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC), arranging payment to the officials in
exchange for their help in rigging the recently concluded rerun in the
state.
The conversation also revealed
Wike threatening to kill the INEC officials, particularly those sent
from Plateau State, if they fail to keep to their end of rigging the
election for PDP candidates in Etche, Khana, Ikwerre and other key local
government areas in the state.
The
report further revealed that a top INEC official in Abuja allegedly
confirmed that most of the electoral officers who conducted the recently
concluded legislative elections in Rivers State were drafted from
Plateau and Oyo States.
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