The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), over its continued silence on the decision of Governor Nyesom Wike to appoint 200,000 Special Assistants on Polling Units.
In an issued statement yesterday in Port Harcourt, by the spokesman of the partys 2023 Campaign Council, Sogbeye Eli, the APC said it is only INEC that is empowered by the constitution and the Electoral Act to recruit and deploy electoral personnel.
The recruitment of 200,000 people for deployment at polling units by a Government that scammed Rivers youths with a promise of creating 5,000 jobs under a so-called Rivjobs in the last four years leaves no one in doubt on the mission of those who engaged them.
Consequently, the INEC must rise to prove her independence by getting the Wike Government of Rivers State to disband the 200,000 thugs recruited to steal Rivers votes and intimidate the electorate at next years general elections, the statement added.
