Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, has alleged
that the police in the state were planning on doctoring the number of persons
arrested in Tai Local Government Area of the state during Saturday's
governorship and House of Assembly elections.
Governor Amaechi in a statement by his Chief Press
Secretary, Mr. David Iyofor, said “information just reaching us indicates that
the Police in Rivers State want to doctor the statements of about 110 persons
arrested for electoral offences and crimes in Tai Local Government of Rivers
State during Saturday's governorship and House of Assembly elections.
“The persons arrested include 75 National Youth
Service Corps, NYSC, members who are adhoc staff of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC. Mopol 56 in Rivers State arrested them with the
electoral materials of about 9 wards.
“They were caught thumb-printing ballot papers for a
major political party candidates in the private residence of the party
chieftain in Tai.
“We have been reliably informed that the police now
want to doctor their statements, in a bid to exonerate the culprits caught
thumb-printing ballot papers for the political party in Tai, so that the
culprits can be subsequently released,” the governor added.
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