Wike, Rivers  Gov.
The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has heard how  the April 11 governorship election was rigged in favour of Mr. Nyesom Wike of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP

Testifying today at the Tribunal, Mr Abimbola Oladunjoye who works in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as Assistant Director ICT, appeared as a subpoena witness to represent the  director of ICT  of the Commission.

On Cross examination by Counsel to Governor Nyesom Wike, the INEC staff revealed that the card readers used during the conduct of the April 11 governorship election  recorded only 292,878 voters.

Oladunjoye  told  the Tribunal that as the Assistant Director of ICT, his office covers both Voters Accreditation:

"I am in charge of the INEC data base, which includes voter register,  the card reader & accreditation data-base, We took a decision that  smart card should only be used in the  accreditation

"On the election day, if  a voter appears at the polling with his or her PVC,The APO 1 Collects the PVC and swipes it under the card reader on successful reading.

"The APO 1 request the voter to bring forth his or her finger print for identification, if there is a match presented, And the finger print read from the card then it stands a successful accreditation, If not successful,  it stands a failed accreditation. Summation of successful and unsuccessful sums up the total accreditation held. We have a total of 292,878 as accredited voters in Rivers State."

It will recalled that   Wike was declared winner of the election with votes almost five times higher than the actual, authentic total number of voters accredited with card readers and Permanent Voter Cards which was 292, 878.  The result as declared by the Returning Officer for Rivers State Mr. Osasere Orumwense on April 13 2015 stated that Mr. Wike was awarded 1,029,102 votes, representing 87.77% of 1,228,614, being the conjured number of total accredited voters.