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Drama as Wike, Amaechi appear at police station over ‘missing’ INEC staff
There was drama on Sunday, as an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mrs. Ekwi Adebisa, was arrested by the police in Port Harcourt, for allegedly being in possession of fake result sheets.
The arrest however pitched the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi against each other.
Adebisa was initially declared missing on Saturday but was found in the custody of the policemen at the Mile 1 police station in Port Harcourt.
Adebisa was the Collation Officer of Port Harcourt Local Government Area (PHALGA) , Ward 10 for the national and State Assembly rerun elections.
The Rivers State government has however accused the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi of hiring the INEC officer with a plan to truncate result of the election.
Read also: How rerun polls ended in fiasco in 6 Rivers LGAs
According to the state government, “Immediately Governor Wike and PDP leaders arrived the station, more than 400 soldiers stormed the station alongside Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and the NIMASSA Director General, Dakuku Peterside and directed that Mrs Ekwi Adebisa be released to them.”
The electoral officer was reportedly later taken to an undisclosed location by the police.
Unconfirmed reports said she was taken to the Rivers State Police Command headquarters.
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