Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi has condemned
the disruption of Saturday's bye-election in Rivers State for Port
Harcourt Constituency III State Assembly seat.
INEC had on Saturday suspended the election, citing "widespread violence".
Reacting, Makarfi disclosed that a top government official was
responsible for security threats in the state.
The presidential aspirant speaking with newsmen on Sunday called on
President Muhammadu Buhari to bring the culprit to book, stressing
that the Government knows who was responsible for the carnage in the
state and must be called to order.
"I have said it when I went to commission a project in Rivers that,
one Governor that has been under the continuous siege, intimidation
and harassment by the Federal Government is Governor Wike of Rivers
State. It is uncalled for and this must stop.
"The Saturday election in Taraba went fine, but in Rivers, look at the
disruption with the connivance of the security agencies involved. And
we all know who in the Federal Government is responsible for this
crisis in Rivers State.
"I watched a video of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in
charge of Rivers State, where he said that the security agents
responsible for the crisis were not those engaged to secure the
election process.
"If it is true according to the REC that certain individuals were
going around polling units with platoons of security men unchallenged,
then the President should do something because that is injurious to
our democracy.
"Nobody should be beyond being called to order. The person in the
Federal Government that is consistently causing security breaches and
the crisis in Rivers state must be called to order. The government
knows him, we all know him.
"President holds it a responsibility to this nation, that individual
should be called to order, otherwise, the havoc they can cause to our
democracy and to our country will be grievous.
"INEC did the right thing by suspending the election. But beyond that,
correction should be done, the security agencies must not allow
themselves to be used by an interested party in the election to hijack
the political process, whether in Rivers State or any part of this
country. But the siege on the people and government of Rivers State
must stop," Makarfi said.
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