APC Supporters Besiege Rivers INEC Office, Demands Election Cancellation

Hundreds of thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress
on Sunday besieged the state headquarters of the Independent National
Electoral Commission in Port Harcourt demanding the cancellation of
Saturday's elections in the state.

The party faithful sang solidarity songs and carried placards bearing
inscriptions like "INEC in Rivers State is an arm of PDP," "No Rigging
in Rivers election," "Electoral officers in Rivers State have
compromised with PDP," among others.

The stretch of the highway between the NDDC headquarters to the GRA
Junction were blocked to vehicular traffic.

One of the party's chieftains and member of the House of
Representatives arrived at the scene of the protest amidst cheers from
the crowd.

As he walked in, the mob busted into a chant, "We must vote. We must
vote. We must vote."

Stern-looking security personnel stationed automatic weapons and
armoured tanks in front of the INEC.

As at the time of filling this report, no leader of the party has
addressed the mob.

Meanwhile, an international observer team, led by Jennifer Lyne, said
the team is not satisfied with the way elections were conducted in
Rivers State.

She cited widespread irregularities in the way INEC conducted the
Saturday election.

"We are not satisfied with the way the election was conducted," she said.

"The election was not credible and was marred by irregularities."

The state chapter of the APC had issued a statement Saturday night
calling for the cancellation of the result in the state.