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Dame Gesila Khan, Rivers State
Resident Electoral Commissioner
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The Rivers State Resident Electoral
Commissioner is under fire as protesters besieged the headquarters of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to demand the immediate
removal of Dame Gesila Khan, REC, Rivers State, GRAPHITTI NEWS has gathered.
The protesters, in their thousands,
also demanded to see Attahiru Jega, the INEC chairman, to register their
grievance.
GRAPHITTI NEWS reports:
It would be recalled that following
the March 28 elections the Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) had demanded the immediate suspension of the State Resident
Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs. Gesila Khan, for colluding with the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to rig last weekend’s presidential and National Assembly
elections in the State.
At the time APC had alleged “For
Mrs. Khan to have removed the INEC result sheets in all the polling units in
the State with the intention of rigging the polls is a very serious criminal
offence. Mrs. Khan should not only be suspended but should not be allowed to
conduct the April 11 Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, as well as the
Presidential and National Assembly elections when rescheduled,” the party said
in a statement issued in Port Harcourt by the State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu
Ikanya.
Rivers APC commended INEC Chairman, Prof.
Attahiru Jega, for acknowledging the party’s petition on the evil practices
associated with the polls in Rivers State. “We are very convinced that if our
case is thoroughly investigated it will be confirmed that the State REC, Mrs.
Khan, compromised her office and tarnished the good image of INEC,” the party
stated.
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