RIVERS: International observers call for cancellation of election, PDP's Wike in Clear Lead

From what OluFamous.Com has gathered, Nyesom Wike of the PDP will win the governorship election in Rivers State, but not necessarily with the margin is his currently posting in the election.

Consequently, international election observers have called for the cancellation of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers. Leader of African Centre for Leadership Strategies and Development, Humphrey Bekaren, who spoke on behalf of the observers, made the call in Port Harcourt.

He said the observers were shocked that INEC disregarded the widely reported violent irregularities to begin the process of declaring results in the state.

In their words: "We request all lovers of democracy to join us in calling for the outright cancellation of the phony election. Unless this is done, we would have sown the seed that could eventually grow into providing a shade of fear and death over us."

According to Bekaren, what happened in Rivers was a far cry from what election should be.

"What we saw did not meet international standard of electioneering, not even the ones set by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC," he said.

He said there were reported incidents like deliberate delays and diversion of electoral materials, attacks on electoral officers, widespread arson and voter intimidation.

But the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Rivers, Mrs Gesila Khan, is insisting that INEC cancelled election in centres with reported electoral malpractices.

If the current result stand, then Nyesom Wike of the PDP is the next governor of Rivers State.