According to Sahara reporters credible security source has disclosed that Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State has perfected a series of plans to
manipulate tomorrow’s presidential and legislative elections in his state in favor of President Goodluck Jonathan and other candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom
State The source revealed that the governor has converted a guesthouse in the state’s newly constructed Government House along Willington Bassey Way, Uyo into an election operational base/situation room to coordinate the electoral plot. He said the governor had recruited some well-trained ICT experts to man the room.
All the PDP agents at polling units throughout the state have been given mobile phones. The highly paid agents have been instructed to use the phones to send text messages to the situation room disclosing the total number of accredited voters in the various polling units.
He said akpabio who have boasted on many occasions that he will deliver Akwa ibom 100% to Jonathan employed this strategy to ensure it comes to past
Our source also revealed that Governor Akpabio had bribed the Resident Electoral Commissioner Akwa Ibom, Austin Okogie, with N2 billion to persuade him to discard real results from the polling units and use the ones to be
manufactured by the governor’s ICT experts. He said Mr. Okogie had demanded N2.5 billion for the deal, adding that Mr. Akpabio accepted on the condition that the balance of N500 million would be delivered tomorrow after polls close.
In a move seen as a strategy to cover his tracks, Mr. Okogie had refused to accredit local journalists in the state to cover the elections.
He had made exceptions only for reporters working for the state-owned media houses. He accused local journalists in the state of working for the opposition and writing critical reports against him. “It was just this afternoon that he
Mr. Okogie succumbed to pressure by the journalists and issued INEC tags to a few of them,” one of the reporters disclosed.
On March 24, 2015, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state had petitioned INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega, accusing Mr. Okogie, amongst others, of lodging in Devok Hotel in Uyo which is owned by the governor’s wife, Ekaette Unoma Akpabio.
Our source disclosed that one state
commissioner had raised the possibility that the
fake results manufactured out of the situation room might not tally with the ones from polling units. However, another commissioner,
Emmanuel Enoidem, who has been appointed by Governor Akpabio to oversee the running of the
Situation Room, dismissed such fears. “Enoidem said the important thing is to get INEC to announce the results and that whoever is aggrieved can then go to court.”
Mr. Enoidem, who is a lawyer, was quoted as boasting that, if they could triumph at the Supreme Court today in the four-year legal battle by Frank Okon challenging the eligibility of Governor Akpabio’s selection as the candidate of the PDP in the 2011 governorship elections, the PDP would be able to defeat any legal challenges to the results generated in tomorrow’s elections.
Mr. Akpabio’s original plan, according to our source, was to clone permanent voter cards (PVCs), but the governor reportedly abandoned that option when INEC chairman, Mr. Jega, vowed that such attempts would be futile.
Mr. Akpabio is not new to electoral
manipulation. He masterminded a crisis in the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) when he led a group of PDP governors who refused to recognize Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State as the NGF chairman even after Mr. Amaechi had polled 19 votes against 16 received by Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State. Mr. Akpabio later emerged the pioneer chairman of a body of PDP governors.
Mr. Akpabio, who is been reported to be known for extravagant spending of state resources, once openly confessed to rigging a senator from his area,
Aloysius Etuk, into office.
A source revealed that, if the plan succeeds tomorrow's election, then Mr. Akpabio would have no difficulty installing his self-anointed successor, Udom Emmanuel, when the governorship election holds on April 11, 2015.
manipulate tomorrow’s presidential and legislative elections in his state in favor of President Goodluck Jonathan and other candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom
State The source revealed that the governor has converted a guesthouse in the state’s newly constructed Government House along Willington Bassey Way, Uyo into an election operational base/situation room to coordinate the electoral plot. He said the governor had recruited some well-trained ICT experts to man the room.
All the PDP agents at polling units throughout the state have been given mobile phones. The highly paid agents have been instructed to use the phones to send text messages to the situation room disclosing the total number of accredited voters in the various polling units.
He said akpabio who have boasted on many occasions that he will deliver Akwa ibom 100% to Jonathan employed this strategy to ensure it comes to past
Our source also revealed that Governor Akpabio had bribed the Resident Electoral Commissioner Akwa Ibom, Austin Okogie, with N2 billion to persuade him to discard real results from the polling units and use the ones to be
manufactured by the governor’s ICT experts. He said Mr. Okogie had demanded N2.5 billion for the deal, adding that Mr. Akpabio accepted on the condition that the balance of N500 million would be delivered tomorrow after polls close.
In a move seen as a strategy to cover his tracks, Mr. Okogie had refused to accredit local journalists in the state to cover the elections.
He had made exceptions only for reporters working for the state-owned media houses. He accused local journalists in the state of working for the opposition and writing critical reports against him. “It was just this afternoon that he
Mr. Okogie succumbed to pressure by the journalists and issued INEC tags to a few of them,” one of the reporters disclosed.
On March 24, 2015, the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state had petitioned INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega, accusing Mr. Okogie, amongst others, of lodging in Devok Hotel in Uyo which is owned by the governor’s wife, Ekaette Unoma Akpabio.
Our source disclosed that one state
commissioner had raised the possibility that the
fake results manufactured out of the situation room might not tally with the ones from polling units. However, another commissioner,
Emmanuel Enoidem, who has been appointed by Governor Akpabio to oversee the running of the
Situation Room, dismissed such fears. “Enoidem said the important thing is to get INEC to announce the results and that whoever is aggrieved can then go to court.”
Mr. Enoidem, who is a lawyer, was quoted as boasting that, if they could triumph at the Supreme Court today in the four-year legal battle by Frank Okon challenging the eligibility of Governor Akpabio’s selection as the candidate of the PDP in the 2011 governorship elections, the PDP would be able to defeat any legal challenges to the results generated in tomorrow’s elections.
Mr. Akpabio’s original plan, according to our source, was to clone permanent voter cards (PVCs), but the governor reportedly abandoned that option when INEC chairman, Mr. Jega, vowed that such attempts would be futile.
Mr. Akpabio is not new to electoral
manipulation. He masterminded a crisis in the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) when he led a group of PDP governors who refused to recognize Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State as the NGF chairman even after Mr. Amaechi had polled 19 votes against 16 received by Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State. Mr. Akpabio later emerged the pioneer chairman of a body of PDP governors.
Mr. Akpabio, who is been reported to be known for extravagant spending of state resources, once openly confessed to rigging a senator from his area,
Aloysius Etuk, into office.
A source revealed that, if the plan succeeds tomorrow's election, then Mr. Akpabio would have no difficulty installing his self-anointed successor, Udom Emmanuel, when the governorship election holds on April 11, 2015.
Is that why the call him presidential errand. Boy
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