The People Democratic Party, PDP on Sunday said that President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an emergency meeting over the several tension which trailed the rerun elections in River State.
In a statement issued by PDP on its official Twitter handle, @pdpnigeria, the party alleged that the meeting called by Buhari is to prepare grounds for a declaration of state of emergency.
Senate Majority Leader, Ali Ndume, Femi Gbajabiamila and 20 APC Senators & 60 Reps have just been summoned to the ongoing meeting. — PDP Nigeria (@PdpNigeria) March 20, 2016
Shortly before the commencement of the Rivers rerun elections, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress, APC, Elyon Ntiro Elijah and the Rivers State Commissioner for Water Resources, Chief Ibibia Walter were reportedly kidnapped by some unknown gunmen in Rivers State.
Recall also that there were reports of series of violence and ballots snatching in the elections, although the police said the poll was largely peaceful. For instance, some thugs were said to have snatched election materials around 2.30pm at three units in WIiyaakara Ward, Khana Local Government Area.
There we also reports in Bori, also in Khana, INEC officials were reportedly scared of stepping out of their offices to conduct the election because of threats from persons wearing fake military uniform. Meanwhile, the state government has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of colluding with the military to hijack election materials in the state.
Efforts by SIGNAL to reach presidential spokespersons Garba Shehu and Femi Adesina on Monday proved abortive.
__________
Follow us on Twitter at @thesignalng
Copyright 2015 SIGNAL. Permission to use portions of this article is granted provided appropriate credits are given to www.signalng.com and other relevant sources.
