Patience Jonathan wants to rig Wike in as governor – Amaechi

The Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi, has accused the First Lady, Patience Jonathan, of being behind the recent upsurge of violence in the state ahead of governorship and state assembly elections Saturday, saying Mrs. Jonathan wants to control the affairs of the state and mastermind the rigging of the elections in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
The PDP governorship candidate in Rivers is Nyesom Wike, an ally of the wife of the president.
Mr. Amaechi made the allegation at an interactive session with All Progressives Congress, APC, members and supporters at the Obi Wali International Conference centre, Port Harcourt, where he briefed them on his administration’s readiness for Saturday’s elections.
The governor said, “What the security operatives and the state government agreed at the meeting was to design a mechanism on how to stop the attempt by militants and PDP thugs to snatch and hijack INEC materials during the Saturday polls. “Voters and Party agents should not allow this hoodlums take over the election. They can’t kill all of us. We are aware that militants and hired PDP thugs who claim to be loyalists to Mrs. Jonathan are planning mayhem. But, the police and the military have assured the state government they will deploy more troops to guarantee safety and protection of lives and property,” Mr. Amaechi said.
“What am assuring you now is security; to come out and vote and to also say to INEC that we need the result sheets at the units and collation centres.
“We don’t want anybody to force us on whom to vote, we want our votes to count. Let the wife of the president remain in her house and not force a candidate on us.