Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Saturday accused the Nigerian Army and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad ( SARS) of the Nigerian Police of hijacking election materials in Rivers South-East district.
Wike made the remark while reacting to the alleged mass shootings by security operatives in Khana, Gokana , Akuku-Toru and Etche Local Government Areas (LGAs) during the elections.
He also accused the security operatives of killing PDP agents, and working to deliver a particular candidate in the senatorial district.
Wike alleged that the security agents were deployed to the state to manipulate the result of the polls, a claim that ran contrary to INEC and Police interim report about the election.
”The military have been used to rig rerun elections in parts of the state,” he claimed.
He lamented that some wards in Khana, Gokana, Etche and Opobo/Nkoro LGAs, electoral materials were snatched and accused the security personnel of masterminding the act.
Wike claimed that one Mr Charles Anyanwu, an Etche APC Chieftain was arrested with two AK47.
He alleged that the security agencies might release him.
He said that “in all my political career I have never experienced this kind of invasion by security agencies.
”What causes violence is when you give certain persons undue advantage.
“Be assured that
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