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Rivers state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday said that when he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP he never joined party members in rigging elections.
According to NEWS WIRE NG, Amaechi made the declaration in Government House Port Harcourt urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega.
Amaechi said, "People have confronted me in different fora that all these things that you have done, how are we sure that they can be sustained and I said the only way you can sustain them is to make sure that you vote for somebody that comes from the party that I come from because that party will run the same programmes as I have ran.
"An example is that all of you who have followed me will know that I am quite different from the normal PDP person. When I was in the PDP, they saw me as a different person all together because I never stood with them on a lot of issues, including rigging.
"You can ask them; you can ask the PDP if I supported rigging. Before you wake up and go to the place (election venue), I have finished. As a people’s governor, we insist that the people’s mandate is critical and it is important. I don’t know what the PDP does when it comes to voting; I don’t participate; I don’t know what they do. But I assure you that this time, our votes must count.”
Even those who are in PDP too; it is important for all of us to go and collect our voter cards. And for those who have not registered, there are some wards or units that their names were either omitted or wrongly written, they should also get registered afresh,” he said.
Amaechi is currently a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
#INEC #Amaechi #PDP #Rivers #APC
According to NEWS WIRE NG, Amaechi made the declaration in Government House Port Harcourt urged the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega.
Amaechi said, "People have confronted me in different fora that all these things that you have done, how are we sure that they can be sustained and I said the only way you can sustain them is to make sure that you vote for somebody that comes from the party that I come from because that party will run the same programmes as I have ran.
"An example is that all of you who have followed me will know that I am quite different from the normal PDP person. When I was in the PDP, they saw me as a different person all together because I never stood with them on a lot of issues, including rigging.
"You can ask them; you can ask the PDP if I supported rigging. Before you wake up and go to the place (election venue), I have finished. As a people’s governor, we insist that the people’s mandate is critical and it is important. I don’t know what the PDP does when it comes to voting; I don’t participate; I don’t know what they do. But I assure you that this time, our votes must count.”
Even those who are in PDP too; it is important for all of us to go and collect our voter cards. And for those who have not registered, there are some wards or units that their names were either omitted or wrongly written, they should also get registered afresh,” he said.
Amaechi is currently a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
#INEC #Amaechi #PDP #Rivers #APC
