85 Political Parties Urge INEC To Announce Rivers Polls Results

Leaders and members of Registered Political Parties on Wednesday protested in the streets of Port Harcourt, celebrating the re-election of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike while urging the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to diligently conclude the official Collation and Declaration of the state governorship election results. 
 The leaders and members of the political parties, who gathered under the aegis of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) at the Isaac Boro Park in Port Harcourt, declared that the Peace Walk was aimed at telling the world that Rivers people irrespective of political affiliations  voted overwhelmingly  for Governor Wike on March 9, 2019.
 Displaying several placards indicating their preference for Governor Wike and the need for the collation process to be concluded as outlined in the timelines of INEC, they said votes of Rivers people should not be manipulated.
 Some of the placards read: “Army Stop Disrupting the Collation Process in Rivers State “, “Army Please Allow INEC Conclude the Collation Process “, “Rivers People Overwhelmingly Voted for Governor Wike on March 9”, “We Shall Continue to Defend our Votes” and “Obo Effanga is a professional and we are confident in his capacity to deliver”.
 Other placards read: “Amaechi leave Rivers State Alone”, “Federal  Might has failed woefully in Rivers State “, “Prosecute Major General Jamil Sarhem for attempting to rob Rivers Mandate “ and “We condemn  APC elders for their illegal letter to President Muhammadu Buhari”.
 The peaceful march moved to the Rivers State Police Command where the leaders of the 85 Political Parties relayed the position of the people. 
 In his address, Chairman of IPAC Rivers State, Sir Precious Baridoo said that the political parties are calling on INEC to continue with the Collation and Declaration of the Governorship election results. 
 “Let the election process continue in Rivers State. We are telling INEC to follow through with the process. We condemn in totality, the calls by a few persons for the removal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Obo Effanga.  We want him to continue and conclude his job”.
 Also speaking, the immediate past Chairman of IPAC, Rivers State, and Chairman Independent Democrats (ID), Pastor Samuel Ihunwo said Rivers people no longer want the militarisation of the polity because they were slaughtered by soldiers on March 9, 2019 because some persons wanted to rig the elections.