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Samuel Bello
The governorship candidate of African Action Congress (AAC) in Rivers State, Mr Biokpomabo Awara, has insisted that his deputy who recently defected to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday, took a bribe to the tune of N200 million.
Reacting to Akpo Bomba Yeeh’s claim when speaking to journalists after submitting a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, Awara described his former running mate as “a betrayer.”
Awara’s former running mate, Mr Akpo Bomba Yeeh, announced his resignation from the AAC and premised his decision on complete hijack of the party structure by a faction of All Progressives Congress led by the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi.
He had also claimed that Amaechi planned to rig the governorship election using officials of the Nigeria Army, police, Department of State Service (DSS) and the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS).
Awara alleged that Yeeh was bribed to the tune of N200m by the Rivers State government before he could take that decision. He also warned Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, to be wary of him.
He added that INEC should stop collation of governorship election results and demanded a fresh election in the 16 local governments.
He maintained that the crisis, which trailed elections in the state was caused by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), accusing him of being compromised during the exercise.
Awara said: “In the view of the careless crisis arising from all elections conducted by the REC in Rivers State, since 2015, we appealed that the activities of the officials of INEC should thoroughly be investigated.
“We also demanded the removal of the REC and the heads of department at Rivers State INEC as it is clear that they and indeed most of the Rivers State INEC ad-hoc staff have been compromised and cannot be trusted to regulate and superintend the conduct of a credible election in Rivers State.”
