The proposed transfer of the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Rivers State, Obo Effanga has been rejected by a coalition of political parties led by the Peoples Democratic Party and The Inter-Party Advisory Council on Tuesday 12th March, 2019.
The coalition of political parties led by the Peoples Democratic Party and The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) made their stand known after it was alleged that the candidate of the African Action Congress in the Rivers governorship election, Biokpomabo Awara, had asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to remove Mr. Obo Effanga as the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Rivers State.
The transfer request for the transfer of Mr. Obo Effanga was due to accusations that he is conspiring with the Peoples Democratic Party to help Governor Nyesom Wike win re-election. Also the All Progressives Congress has joined the opposition to Mr Obo Effanga on Tuesday, alleging that he was at the head of “current” concoction of results with Governor Nyesom Wike.
The PDP-led opposition, in a statement signed by IPAC chairman in the state, Precious Barido, has accused those calling for the transfer of Mr Obo Effanga are doing so to enable them manipulate the result of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections which was held in the state on Saturday 9th March, 2019.
According to the The coalition of political parties led by the Peoples Democratic Party and The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), “These calls sponsored by the Minister of Transportation and the APC are aimed at creating the ugly atmosphere for the concoction of results and the rigging of the Rivers State Governorship election, which has been won by the Rivers State PDP Governorship Candidate, His Excellency, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.
They further stated that, “We also strongly condemn the criminal use of the Nigerian Army by the APC to abduct electoral officers and snatch already collated results for the purpose of rigging the Governorship election in favour of the APC supported Candidate.”
According to them, “It is most unfortunate that the APC led soldiers of the Nigerian Army to invade the State Collation Centre at INEC Headquarters in Port Harcourt as captured on videos aired on Channels Television and AIT. The whole world saw how they planned to bring in cooked results to alter the will of Rivers people.”
