Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has accused the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun of replacing police officers deployed to protect RSIEC office with a sinister plot to cart away sensitive local government election materials.
The governor noted that local government elections were the internal affairs of states, advising him to allow the federation unit conduct its affairs without interference.
Prompt News reports that Rivers state is scheduled to hold local government elections on Saturday, October 4, 2024.
Fubara, who addressed newsmen in front of RSIEC office in Port Harcourt, accused the Police Chief of taking his friendship with some Abuja-based politicians too far.
Prompt News reports that the governor was apparently refering to the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, whom he has been having a running battle with since assumption of office.
In a statement issued in Port Harcourt in the early hours of Friday, Fubara’s Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, alleged that the policemen attempted to scale through the gates and strong room of the Commission to cart away sensitive Electoral materials meant for the conduct of Saturday’s local government election in the State.
He alleged that the deployment was ordered by the Inspector-General of Police.
“However, the evil plots of the policemen and DC Ops were botched when vigilant security officials alerted principal officers of the Commission and relevant government authorities, who immediately informed the Governor of the development.
“The Governor immediately led a team of government officials, lawmakers from the National Assembly and State House of Assembly, top political stakeholders, and other leaders to storm the facility,” Nelson stated.
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