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Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase

Rivers rerun: Police confirm 1 person dead, 12 arrests; army nabs SSG, others

Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase
Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase
Police Command in Rivers has confirmed that one person died while 12 others were arrested during Saturday’s legislative rerun elections in the state.
The Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Ahmad Muhammad, said in Port Harcourt, Saturday, that it received report about the death of one person in Eleme, Eleme Local Government.
Muhammad said 10 people were arrested in Eleme while two were picked up on their way to Akinima, Ahoada West Local Government Area.
“The suspects committed election-related offences. They are being interrogated while investigation has commenced on the offences committed,” he said.
He also said the police did not know what caused the death of a middle-aged man in Eleme and that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area received the report.
He said the command did necessary deployments to ensure credible elections in the state.
In a related development, personnel of the Nigerian Army, Saturday, arrested the Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Mr. Kenneth Kobani for his alleged involvement in stalling the distribution of electoral materials in yesterday’s rerun election in the state.
Also arrested for alleged involvement in electoral fraud were the chairman, caretaker committee of Obio/Akpor local government area of the state, Mr. Bright Amaewhule and the Special Adviser to the governor on Special Projects, Cyril Sum Wite.
Kobani was arrested after he allegedly stormed a RAC centre in his area, having gathered that the original result sheets for the election had been carted away.
Meanwhile, as Rivers people went to the poll, Saturday, the two major political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) engaged in a blame game over the widespread violence recorded during the election.
The Rivers state government in a statement said there were reports of widespread distribution of fake result sheets to Khana, Bony, Andoni, and other local government areas.
“We have seen so far, a completely messy logistical nightmare, as voters seem unable to differentiate between fake and real INEC documents,” the state’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Austin Tam-George, said in the statement.
The Rivers Government said the people would only accept the outcome of the election if the process is free, fair and credible.
However, INEC, responding via its twitter account, dismissed the allegations as untrue and urged the electorate to discountenance it.

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