GOVERNORSHIP candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, Tonye Cole, has alleged that voters in certain areas of the state are being intimidated by the opposition.
He disclosed this while speaking to journalists after casting his vote at Polling Unit 2, Ward 12 at Abonnema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area (LGA) on Saturday, March 18.
“So far, we are getting some reports of vote buying and a bit of intimidation and reports of people being warned that if they don’t vote PDP, they should write their will and they should not come out.
“We are taking notes of these things and taking notes of the unit where that is being reported because we are going to write petition against those units where there is intimidation and threat.
“In order areas we see that election is going peacefully but we also hear reports and we need to make sure that this does not happen immediately after the voting process and counting,” he said.
He, however, expressed confidence that his party would emerge victorious at the end of the exercise.
“We believe that we will still come out on top. We want to say that it’s very important that intimidation should not be part and parcel of an electoral process, people should be allowed to vote freely and vote their mind,” he said.
Ijeoma Opara is a journalist with The ICIR. Reach her via [email protected] or @ije_le on Twitter.