Nyesom Wike is a Political Killer - APC Reacts as Rivers Governor is Caught on Tape Rigging Elections

Following the shocking release of an audio purportedly proving that Governor Nyesom Wike rigged the Rivers State election, the APC has reacted to the development. 

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State spoken out about the leaked audio recording revealing Governor Nyesom Wike's role in rigging Rivers State elections.

 

The APC says it has been vindicated over its earlier claim that Governor Nyesom Wike is blood-thirsty.

 

Daily Post reports that the Chairman of the State APC, Chief Davies Ibiyamu-Ikanya during a media briefing in Port Harcourt said the audio clip showed that Wike had always manipulated electoral officers to procure victory for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party.

 

Ikanya said the audio clip also confirmed that the recent results from December 10th rerun election was massively rigged in favour of PDP.

 

The APC called on relevant agencies to investigate the veracity of the audio clip and punish those found culpable, especially the INEC officials.

 

Ikanya said, “You are all aware of the incidents that happened and the comments that were made by leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP especially Governor, Nyesom Wike in the build up to the December 10 rerun legislative election in the state.

“You are also not ignorant of the inciting comments made by the Governor; his charge to members of his party to resist arrest by security operatives, the threat to officials of INEC and security agencies who fail to do the bidding of the PDP or even the threat to teeming supporters of APC who decide to come out and vote on election day.

 

“The Governor did not stop there. On the eve of last Saturday’s election, Governor Wike continued his ranting like a mad dog let lose with droplets of venom from his wagging tongue, threatened leaders of our party who came from far and wide to show solidarity with us. He threatened them to leave Rivers state hence they risk losing their lives.

“For us as a party, we have watched with keen interest the derailing actions of the Governor of our dear Rivers state. How he has used his comments to destroy the legacy of our founding fathers. Rivers state, which used to be the pride of the nation has now turned to a theater of violence, filth and riducule. Now, the state is referred to Rivers of Blood.

“As members of the fourth estate of the realm, we are sure you have heard the conversation currently trending in the social and conventional media between a Chieftain and candidate of the PDP in Khana Local Government Area, Dum Deekor and Governor Nyesom Wike.

“The Governor in that conversation threatened to kill officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission who had apparently found it difficult to manipulate the result of the elections in Rivers South-East Senatorial District after collecting from him, huge sums of money as inducement to rig the election. He warned that his money be returned or he will kill the officials should they fail to rig for him.

“Governor Wike procured the seats won by PDP in the last election. He warned the coordinators of the electoral officers of Khana, Etche, and Ikwerre Local Government and threatened to kill them.

“The Governor has never been prepared for a free and fair election since 2015. His only strategy is violence. Thank God the security operatives were on Rivers state to protect us last Saturday. Imagine what would have happened. The Governor would have ordered his armed and blood thirsty goons to kill us all. With his large scale bribery, Wike procured the Senatorial seats, House of Representatives seat, House of Assembly seats declared for the PDP. PDP NEVER won any election.

“Our position is further made plausible with the recent statement from the Police High Command about the arrest of Dike Deinpiribo, Valentine Aldibo, Onwuarari Warmate and Iloke Stephen belong to a group of cultist and professional political thugs. Confessional statements were taken and the boys confirmed that their services were engaged by Honourable BomaGoodHead who procured two AK47 rifles and commissioned his driver, one Iryo to convey the weapons in his black Toyota Prado jeep and handed same to the suspects at Degema.

“The Police said the suspects were responsible for several armed attacks that took place during the elections in places like Abonnema, Emuoha, Elele, Eteche and Omoku where a police officer was gruesomely killed. The rifles and 112 rounds of ammunition were recovered from them. Other members of the killer gang fled and detectives are on their trail. We are therefore not surprised when Wike led a protest to demand the removal of gallant police officers and Military officers that risked their lives to protect innocent citizens on election day.

“The truth about the just concluded December 10th rerun election was that the election was massively rigged in most of the Local government areas and constituencies in favour of the PDP. We have always maintained that the hues and cries by the Governor about the posting and reposting of INEC officials and Service Commanders are smoke-screens to divert members of the public from the real issues.

“The said conversation has gone viral and we want to use this medium to call on all relevant agencies; Police, the DSS, the EFCC, the ICC and other agencies to immediately commence investigation and bring to justice all those who participated in the bribery of INEC officials and intimidation of the officials to declare falsified results.The Governor in that conversation threatened to kill officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission who had apparently found it difficult to manipulate the result of the elections in Rivers South-East Senatorial District after collecting from him, huge sums of money as inducement to rig the election. He warned that his money be returned or he will kill the officials should they fail to rig for him.

“Governor Wike procured the seats won by PDP in the last election. He warned the coordinators of the electoral officers of Khana, Etche, and Ikwerre Local Government and threatened to kill them.

“The Governor has never been prepared for a free ans fair election since 2015. His only strategy is violence. Thank God the security operatives were on Rivers state to protect us last Saturday. Imagine what would have happened. The Governor would have ordered his armed and blood thirsty goons to kill us all. With his large scale bribery, Wike procured the Senatorial seats, House of Representatives seat, House of Assembly seats declared for the PDP. PDP NEVER won any election.

“Our position is further made plausible with the recent statement from the Police High Command about the arrest of Dike Deinpiribo, Valentine Aldibo, Onwuarari Warmate and Iloke Stephen belong to a group of cultist and professional political thugs. Confessional statements were taken and the boys confirmed that their services were engaged by Honourable BomaGoodHead who procured two AK47 rifles and commissioned his driver, one Iryo to convey the weapons in his black Toyota Prado jeep and handed same to the suspects at Degema.

“The truth about the just concluded December 10th rerun election was that the election was massively rigged in most of the Local government areas and constituencies in favour of the PDP. We have always maintained that the hues and cries by the Governor about the posting and reposting of INEC officials and Service Commanders are smoke-screens to divert members of the public from the real issues.

“The said conversation has gone viral and we want to use this medium to call on all relevant agencies; Police, the DSS, the EFCC, the ICC and other agencies to immediately commence investigation and bring to justice all those who participated in the bribery of INEC officials and intimidation of the officials to declare falsified results.”

 

Meanwhile, the Rivers State Government has denied that the voice heard in the said audio clip is that of Governor Nyesom Wike.

 

A statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information, Austin Tam-George described the clip as a cheap blackmail.

 

Tam-George said a voice technology from Japan or South – Korea was used to convert the clip to Governor Wike’s voice in other to blackmail him.

 

The statement reads, “The attention of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to a publication by Saharareporters, alleging that governor Nyesom Wike had illicit contacts with officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in the run up to the rerun elections, on the 10th of December 2016 in Rivers State.

“We categorically deny these latest allegations as a sick fabrication, and an outright lie.

“Governor Wike never made any contact with INEC officials, in person or by telephone.

“Saharareporters.com is the online propaganda bullhorn of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Their publications are typically false, and the writers are professional hawkers of fiction.

“No one would have thought that the APC and its cowardly media allies would resort to an audio impersonation of governor Nyesom Wike, using a voice changer technology.

“The voice changer technology is often used by teenagers especially in South Korea and Japan to launch innocent technological pranks at each other, mainly for laughs.

“The use of such a technology to blackmail a governor is a new criminal low for the APC, a party already widely discredited for its addiction to falsehood.

“The APC and Saharareporters are inmates in the prison of their own lies.

“We reject the latest blackmail by the APC.”