The fake INEC result sheets printed in a press in Port Harcourt ahead of Dec 10 Rivers Rerun elections
I
am sure I’m as appalled and irritated as a good number of you out
there, seeing the unintelligent concoction of nonsense as justification
for nonsense, in the face of a glaring act of criminality by members of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State in printing election
result sheets on behalf of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, for an election that the APC is also contesting.
I mean, what could be more damning and
damaging of the values of a political party and the society governed by
it, to find it excusing acts of criminality and trivialising high crimes
that do not only undermine democracy but challenge the very integrity
of such a society?
Prominent members of the APC were caught red-handed and named as collaborators in the criminal act of printing fake result sheets for INEC.
There is a confession video to that effect. There are inconsistencies
in the confessional narratives, which prompt the necessary suspicion of
an attempt to cover up a crime. There is a further attempt of culprits
to misrepresent themselves to the public by not giving out their real
names, which itself is intended, believed, to protect the identity of
major collaborators of this high crime.
In spite of the above established facts,
ill-bred citizens and enemies of democracy are excusing the crime as a
set up and propaganda by the Peoples Democratic Party to malign and
frame-up members of the APC in order to stop the election of Mr. Magnus
Abe who is running for Senate in the major Senatorial Zone affected by
this result printing scandal.
Good gracious God. How can that be?
Was it the PDP that told a prominent
member of the APC, Deacon Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside to give out his
name as Mr. Atonye Peters?
Was it the PDP that told him to mention
the name of Mr. Emma Chinda, a fellow member of the APC and Former
Commissioner for Agriculture under Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as his
collaborator?
Was it the PDP that told Mr. Atonye
Peters, sorry, Deacon Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside, brother to Mr.
Dakuku Peterside, the defeated APC Gubernatorial candidate of Rivers
State, to claim that the printed materials were for a pending Tribunal
case, when clearly no material for the only ongoing case, which is the
House of Assembly seat for Opobo/Nkoro, was sighted among the lot? We
saw result sheets from Khana, Asari Toru and 5 other LGAs in the videos
but none from Opobo.
Let’s even agree for the sake of
momentarily excusing the pervading foolishness, that the materials were
truly for nonexistent Tribunal cases, does anyone need to print fresh
results sheets for a tribunal matter that was about an already conducted
election?
If the Printer was commissioned to
reprint copies of results for already concluded elections, AS HE SAID BY
HIMSELF IN THE VIDEO, how come none was sighted?
What then was accountable for the bags
of printed result sheets for yet to be conducted rerun elections in
Rivers State that were found with and obtained from Deacon Atonyesia
Dimieari-Peterside?
Can you see the foolishness that the
Rivers State APC Chairman, along with the colony of the defunct, is
excusing and by effect justifying? Is this not beyond shame?
If they claim to be set up, are they
admitting that what Deacon Atonyesia Dimieari-Peterside is accused of
was a crime? Have they submitted so?
Not really. From all we see, they are
talking nonsense in justification of nonsense in the face of
incontrovertible facts that weaken their unintelligent rhetoric. Really
sad for Nigeria’s democracy. Really sad that under President Buhari
we’ve descended this low. So very unfortunate…AND SOMEONE IS ACCUSING
JONATHAN OF WHAT?
Oraye
St. Franklyn is a barrister-at-law. He is senior special assistant to
Governor Nyesom Wike on Social Media. He is a strategic communicator and
good governance advocate, writes from Port Harcourt, Rivers State. He
tweets from @RealOraye. He is also on Facebook.
The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author.
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