The Rivers State Chapter of the Association of Local
Government of Nigeria, ALGON has backed the call by the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that
those fingered in the alleged printing of fake electoral
materials should be arrested and investigated.
ALGON made the call after rising from an emergency
meeting held in Port Harcourt.
Secretary of ALGON in the state, Samuel Wonosike, who
spoke on behalf of the Association, also said the alleged
owner of the printing press where the materials were
found, Atonye Peterside was not tortured before making
his statements.
While appealing to relevant authorities as well as
President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the matter,
ALGON said people of Rivers State in the twenty-three
Local government area will resist any attempt to cover up
the discovery.
“The case of Atonye Peterside is that of a man with a bad
case. A man who was caught p@nts down printing INEC
election materials. Even the APC are struggling to cover-
up their mess.
“We are aware that the Commissioner of Police in Rivers
state is under pressure not to arrest those mentioned as
sponsors of the printing press.
“We as the custodians of the 23 Local government areas
of this great state have mobilized our people to be on
standby to resist any attempt by anybody to try to cover
up this mess of the APC, anybody that tries to sweep this
under the carpet.
“Thank God INEC has come out to disown them and call
for more investigation into the matter and we want to at
this point join INEC in that call for the arrest and
invesgigation of everyone whose name has been
mentioned in this discovery,” Wonosike said.
