Rivers Govt accuses APC of “lying” at election tribunal

The Peoples Democratic Party-led Government of Rivers state has described the testimonies of three senior security officials who monitored the April 11 gubernatorial elections in the state as proof that opposition All Progressives Congress lied in their testimonies.

In a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Rivers State Governor, Simeon Nwakaudu , the government said all the three senior officials confirmed the PDP’s argument that elections in the state were free, fair and credible.

The statement which was made available to the media on Sunday said: “The testimonies of the Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP A. Kenneth who served as Area Commander for Bori Zonal Police Command in charge of nine local government areas and that of Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, Uche Mike Chukwuma who served as Divisional Police Officer, DPO, for Ahoada East Local Government Area on Election Day proved the Rivers APC as desperate liars who hired junior police officers, junior DSS operatives  and junior soldiers  to lie shamelessly at the Rivers State Governorship Election Tribunal.

“Also, the testimony of Emmanuel Philips, the Rivers State Governorship Monitoring Team Commander of the Department of State Services, DSS at the tribunal further exposed the irredeemable lying habit of the Rivers APC.”

The government accused the former Governor Rotimi Amaechi-led APC government in the state of having used state resources to finance elections of APC candidates across the country to the tune of 80 percent.

The statement equally accused the Amaechi government of having wasted 3 trillion naira that accrued to the state on “political frivolities” that led to the state being “under-developed and debt-ridden” under his administration.

Furthermore the statement noted that “The Rivers State APC left salaries and pensions unpaid with students on foreign scholarships abandoned to suffer.

“Rivers people were under obligation to teach the Rivers  State APC  a political  lesson and that was what they did on April 11.”