Rivers State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has vowed to resist an alleged plot by the Independent National Electoral Commission, in connivance with the All Progressives Congress, to remove the State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Gesila Khan.
The state PDP specifically accused the State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, of planning to bribe INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to remove Khan and replace her with a card-carrying member of the APC.
State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr. Samuel Nwanosike, who spoke withThe PUNCHin a telephone interview on Saturday, cautioned Jega to stay away from Rivers and allow the state REC to be.
The PDP polled 1,487,075 votes while the APC got 69,238 votes, in the March 28 presidential poll, an election result that the APC in the state has continued to describe as unrealistic.
But Nwanosike explained that the outcome of the presidential and National Assembly elections was the wish of the people of the state, adding that the state REC had done nothing to merit the alleged plot to remove her.
He added that the governor was planning to influence the appointment of some APC members in the state as INEC adhoc staff with a view to rigging the election in favour of the ruling party in the state.
