Governor Akpabio Allegedly Bribes INEC REC With N2.5 Billion

According to the information from Naij, the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, is said to have bribed the Resident Electoral Commissioner Akwa Ibom, Austin Okogie, with N2 billion to persuade him to discard real results from the polling units and use the ones to be manufactured by the governor’s ICT experts.
The source who disclosed this to Sahara Reporters also revealed that the governor has converted a guesthouse in the state’s newly constructed Government House along Willington Bassey Way, Uyo into an election operational base/situation room to coordinate the electoral plot.

“Once they receive the number of accredited voters, the ICT experts at the situation room will allocate votes to political parties/candidates irrespective of the actual votes cast. They will then write fake results on the original result sheets which Governor Akpabio has obtained from the REC [Resident Electoral Commission],” the source said.

He said Mr. Okogie had demanded N2.5 billion for the deal, adding that Mr. Akpabio accepted on the condition that the balance of N500 million would be delivered today after polls close.
It was gathered that in a bid for Okogie to cover his tracks, he refused to accredit local journalists in the state to cover the elections and made exceptions only for reporters working for the state-owned media houses.
He was said to have accused local journalists in the state of working for the opposition and writing critical reports against him.
“It was just this afternoon that he [Mr. Okogie] succumbed to pressure by the journalists and issued INEC tags to a few of them,” a reporters said.
However, when the suspicion of Okogie aroused, the major opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on March 24, 2015, petitioned INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega, accusing Mr. Okogie, amongst others, of lodging in Devok Hotel in Uyo which is owned by the governor’s wife, Ekaette Unoma Akpabio.

According to our source, Akpabio’s original plan was to clone permanent voter cards (PVCs), but he abandoned that option when INEC chairman, Mr. Jega, vowed that such attempts would be futile.
The source said Akpabio plan will result in President Jonathan and other candidates of the PDP having between 95 and 100% of the votes.
Akpabio has boasted on several occasions that Akwa Ibom State would give President Jonathan 100% of votes cast at the polls.

Meanwhile, Delta State Governor, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan alongside former governor of Edo State, Oserheimen Osunbor and current governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Benue State, Terhemen Tazoor have been indicted by the National Human Rights Commission for perpetrating electoral impunity.
Source: naij

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