Massive fraud in Rivers as PDP thugs hijack accreditation, chase away INEC officials

Scores of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were chased away in Rivers State on Saturday by thugs and some officials of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in polling units.
Some of the thugs, wielding sophisticated weapons, stormed the polling units, chased away the INEC officials and ordered some youths to accredit voters.
Two of the INEC officials, who resisted the move, were injured. They were later taken to hospitals by some voters.
There were no result sheets in Emuoha, Ikwerre, Omuma, Etche, Akuku Toru and Bolo axis of Ogu Bolo Local Government.
It was the same situation in Okrika, Andoni, Asari Toru, Eleme and Ahoada East in Onelga Local Government.
Even when there were no incident forms in Opobo/Nkoro, accreditation was done manually.
In fact, there were no card readers in almost all units in Obio Akpor and the PDP-imposed electoral officers accredited some voters.
Some voters perceived to have sympathy for APC were not accredited.
Also, there were no result sheets in most of Khana and Gokana Local Governments.
An elderly voter, Joshua Whitehorse, said: “In all my years of voting, I have never seen this type of brazen insult on our collective sensibilities. This is no election at all. It is a complete sham. I can boldly say there is no election in most parts of Rivers State because how do you explain a situation in which INEC officials were chased away by thugs loyal to Wike (Nyesom Wike, the PDP governorship candidate)?”