GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday alleged that the Police High Command was plotting to sweep the controversial printing of fake result sheets ahead of the rerun election in the state under the carpet with alleged takeover of the case by the Police Zone 6, Calabar.
But when contacted, the Rivers State Police spokesman, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, said he had not seen any signal transferring the case to Zone 6. “I have not seen any signal transferring the matter to zone 6. I will get to you if I see the signal”, he said. However,the governor accused the Police of plot to trigger violence in the state with its alleged move to frustrate the prosecution of persons linked with the alleged printing of fake Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, result sheets in the state. Police burst fake INEC result printing press, printers in Rivers
The governor, who spoke yesterday at Government House, Port Harcourt, claimed that the Assistant Inspector- General of Police, AIG, Zone 6, Calabar, had asked that the matter be transferred to him, describing it as a clear move to frustrate thorough investigation of the matter. He wondered why the Rivers State Police Command would not be able to handle the issue, alleging that before the AIG even asked that the matter be transferred to his office, there were allegations that the state Police command was under pressure to tamper with evidences on the matter.
Wike said: “Desperate efforts are being made to kill this matter. The AIG Zone 6 has asked for transfer of the matter to Zone 6. Who wrote petitions for this to be done? It is clear that All Progressives Congress, APC, wrote that the matter be handled by Zone 6. The whole idea is to see that prosecution is frustrated.”
The governor called on INEC to also stand up to demand that justice be done on the issue since it allegedly impinged on its integrity, saying, “We thought that this had to do with the credibility of INEC. We expect INEC to say, no this thing should be properly investigated because it touches on our credibility. The press must ensure that this matter is not killed, justice must be done.
All we are saying is that the Police here (Rivers State) cannot say they do not have capacity to investigate this matter. What is there to investigate? You have the evidence, names have been mentioned why not arrest them? All you hear is there is pressure from above. We will resist every move to frustrate the matter. We will not allow this to happen.”
Vanguard
