As reactions continue to trail the decision of the Independent National Commission, INEC, to resume collation of the Rivers State gubernatorial election results, and with stakeholders calling for the outright cancellation of the process, the All Progressives Congress, APC in Rivers State says the shift in collation is mischievous.
Chris Finebone, spokesman of the party in the state said the party has mixed feelings over the shift in collation and more especially the timeline given by the commission.
According to Finebone: “INEC has not shown sufficient good faith in the way it brought the collation to an abrupt without cogent, verifiable and convincing reasons.
He further stated that: “It went ahead to announce that collation for 17 local councils had been concluded as against the records provided by our situation room.
“And INEC refused, failed or neglected to name the councils where it claimed collation had been concluded,” he said.
Finebone noted that INEC curiously announced that it has dropped four collation officers confirmed to be PDP card-carrying members without the umpire clearing the air about the status of the local council results the four ad-hoc personnel supposedly collated.
“So, many questions come to mind. Could the four collation officers be unfit for the job while the collation they conducted is acceptable? Of course, that cannot be! Why is INEC jittery or afraid to name the 17 local councils if not for the simple reason that some underhand dealings might have taken place for which it is covering up?” he asked.
