Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Post Election Violence! Amaechi Imposes Curfew In Rivers
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There was panic last night in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, when the state government announced the imposition of a curfew in the state.
The government said the move was aimed at stemming the rising tension that accompanied the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state at the weekend.
Secretary to the Rivers State Government, George FeyIi, who made the announcement, said the curfew would be effective from 7 pm till 6 am, until the tension in the state abates.
The sudden announcement however caused panic, as most people were caught unawares, especially as there were no reports of violence in the Port Harcourt metropolis.
Earlier in the day, female supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had converged on the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja to protest what they considered the non-conduct of election in the state at the weekend, even though results for the elections in the state were released on Monday by the State's Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC).
The post-election crisis in the state has snowballed since the governor, Chibuike Amaechi, demanded the result sheet at his polling unit during the voting exercise at the weekend.
The refusal by the INEC official to give him the result sheet prompted him and his supporters into boycotting the elections, their subsequent claim that no elections held in Rivers State, and street protests by APC supporters against the electoral body.
Owing to the crisis, INEC has set up a three-man committee to investigate the crisis that bedevilled the presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers State.
According to a statement late Monday signed by the Secretary of INEC, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, the commision said the three-man committee headed by Mrs. Thelema Iremirem, who is also the Supervisory National Commissioner for the state, has Col. M.K. Hammanga and Prof. Lai Olurode as members.
The committee will advise the commission on the crisis and verify the veracity of the claims and allegations therein and advise INEC and the Chief Electoral Commissioner /Returning Officer (Prof. Attahiru Jega) for the presidential election.
The fact-finding committee that has since departed Abuja for Rivers State, is expected to submit its report before the end of the collation of results of other states.
The government said the move was aimed at stemming the rising tension that accompanied the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state at the weekend.
Secretary to the Rivers State Government, George FeyIi, who made the announcement, said the curfew would be effective from 7 pm till 6 am, until the tension in the state abates.
The sudden announcement however caused panic, as most people were caught unawares, especially as there were no reports of violence in the Port Harcourt metropolis.
Earlier in the day, female supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had converged on the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja to protest what they considered the non-conduct of election in the state at the weekend, even though results for the elections in the state were released on Monday by the State's Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC).
The post-election crisis in the state has snowballed since the governor, Chibuike Amaechi, demanded the result sheet at his polling unit during the voting exercise at the weekend.
The refusal by the INEC official to give him the result sheet prompted him and his supporters into boycotting the elections, their subsequent claim that no elections held in Rivers State, and street protests by APC supporters against the electoral body.
Owing to the crisis, INEC has set up a three-man committee to investigate the crisis that bedevilled the presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers State.
According to a statement late Monday signed by the Secretary of INEC, Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, the commision said the three-man committee headed by Mrs. Thelema Iremirem, who is also the Supervisory National Commissioner for the state, has Col. M.K. Hammanga and Prof. Lai Olurode as members.
The committee will advise the commission on the crisis and verify the veracity of the claims and allegations therein and advise INEC and the Chief Electoral Commissioner /Returning Officer (Prof. Attahiru Jega) for the presidential election.
The fact-finding committee that has since departed Abuja for Rivers State, is expected to submit its report before the end of the collation of results of other states.
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