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'Those who burnt INEC office in Bori are afraid of elections' - Wike

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says that those who burnt the 
Bori office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, are 
the same politicians who wrote to INEC seeking postponement of the rerun
 elections on the ground of security.<br />
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Addressing journalists after inspecting the burnt section  of INEC Khana
 Local Government Office in Bori,  Governor  Wike  said the arson should
 not serve as an excuse for the  elections to the postponed.<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a>The governor regretted that politicians who are 
afraid of the rerun elections would go to the extent of burning down 
public facility to convince INEC that the rerun elections should be 
shifted.

He noted that no election materials have been deposited  at the office, 
pointing out that the burnt section only serve as a hall for collation<br />
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He said: "Those who burnt this office were not ready for the elections. 
 They don't want INEC to conduct the elections because they know that 
they don't have the chances of winning.

"They want to use the issue of security to justify  the  request for 
postponement. If not, INEC  has not  brought  election  materials  to 
this office. What they have done is to scare INEC. "<br />
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He added: "For us, we are not surprised. We know this is what they have 
planned to do."

He advised INEC  not to be deterred by the arson. He noted that  the  
commission  should go ahead with the elections as scheduled.

The governor directed the security agencies to fish out the perpetrators
  of the crime. He advised politicians  not to see elections as a do or 
die affair, saying that they must submit themselves  to the will of the 
people.<br />
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He said: "We will make sure that this does not dampen the spirit of 
INEC. I have directed the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the Local 
Government Area to immediately  rebuild the  burnt office".

The  governor  said  that the state government will provide  an 
alternative office for INEC  to conduct  the  July 30 elections  in  the
  area. He said the people  have been duly mobilised and they are ready 
to cast their votes.

Earlier,  the  Khana Divisional Police Officer, Stephen Okunade  said 
there was no security at the INEC office at the time of  the arson.<br />
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He said the lone private  security guard was absent when the 
perpetrators  struck.

He added that the private guard who has been detained only returned 
while the office was burning.

The governor was accompanied  on the visit by the Deputy Commissioner of
 Police, Mr Uche Anozie and top government functionaries.

'Those who burnt INEC office in Bori are afraid of elections' - Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says that those who burnt the Bori office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INE...