Wike paying monthly salary of N1m to N3m to INEC officials - Flag-Amachree
The APC did not stop there. It also accused the electoral umpire, INEC, of plotting to scuttle the poll.
The Independent National Electoral Commission had on 18 August suspended the House of Assembly bye-election due to the violence unleashed by political thugs and security operatives during the exercise.
Chairman of the APC in Rivers, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree, alleged that Wike offered him N200 million bribe to compromise the election.
At a press briefing in Port Harcourt on Monday, Flag-Amachree, claimed that the APC candidate for the bye-election, Chief Dickens Worlu, was comfortably leading in most polling units before the governor mobilised his Chief Security Officer, Promise Nwosu, with armed men to invade the units.
His words, “In the process, several shots were fired to intimidate both voters and election officials but most of the voters in the constituency stood their ground and resisted the state of shootings and intimidation.
“Having failed to substantially cow the voters especially APC members, Wike reached me and pleaded to have my cooperation and in return get N200m bribe, which I declined and reported same to the APC leadership.
“In failed mission to bribe me and intimidate voters, Gov. Wike and his CSO became more determined to scuttle the bye-election, decide to undertake smear campaign against me as demonstrated in his broadcast.”
He also alleged that INEC personnel were working for Wike.
“Wike has been paying a monthly sum between N1m to N3m to various officers depending on rank, and he has penciled down key security agents to compromise elections in the state,” he claimed.
“We are not also surprised that INEC and Gov. Wike are working hand-in-gloves to rig elections in Rivers.”
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