The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday evening announced that its agent in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, Emma Deeyah, has been arrested.
Deeyah, a former member of the House of Assembly and House of Representatives, was picked at the INEC office in Port Harcourt, said Lai Mohammed, the APC National Publicity Secretary. Mohammed also said the security agents did not state any reason for the arrest.
Mohammed said he was sure that the arrest is part of a plan being orchestrated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the elections in Rivers State as well as the entire South-eastern part of Nigeria.
He alleged that some INEC officials have connived with members of the PDP and that all original result sheets have disappeared while only photocopies are displayed.
Mohammed said: “similar moves to manipulate the elections and engage in massive thumb printing, starting on Friday evening, with purchased PVCs are also taking place not just in Rivers but in the South-east.
“These developments are worrisome and do not bode well for a free, fair, transparent and peaceful elections.
“We are therefore calling on local and international observers to pay a close attention to these desperate measures aimed at thwarting the will of the people.”
