Police tear gassed female members of the All Progressive Congress (APC), who were protested on the ever busy Aba road in Port Harcourt demanding the annulment of Saturday’s presidential election.

The protesters were detained at Waterlines portion of the road by severe looking police officer with mild teargas fired into the air, thus stopping the protesters from getting to the office of the Independent National Electoral Comission (INEC) about five hundred meters away.
APC in a comment issued Monday, March 30, by its chairman in the state, Dr Davies Ikanya asked for resignation of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Dame Gesilia Khan, blaming her for electoral bias.
The statement signed by media aide to the Chairman, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka said the state commission chief should not be allowed to lead the governorship and House of Assembly elections.
“The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded the immediate suspension of the State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs. Gesila Khan, for colluding with the Peoples  Democratic Party (PDP) to rig last  weekend’s presidential and National Assembly elections in the State.
“For Mrs. Khan to have removed the INEC result sheets in all the polling units in the State with the intention of rigging the polls is a very serious criminal offence. Mrs.  Khan should not only be suspended but should not be allowed to conduct the April 11 Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections, as well as the Presidential and National Assembly elections when rescheduled.
“We are very convinced that if our case is thoroughly investigated it will be confirmed that the State REC, Mrs. Khan, compromised her office and tarnished the good image of INEC.”, the party said.
“According to the party, governor Chibuike Amaechi had to demand to see the result sheet on Saturday before submitting himself for accreditation to be sure that the electoral body had not sold the sheets to the PDP.
“The Governor took that step as we were aware that the State REC had traded off the result sheets to PDP to write the results as they deemed fit. Amaechi wanted to prevent a situation whereby people would queue to vote while PDP and INEC would write a different result not
reflecting the true voting pattern in the State.” the APC said.
The party further claimed that soldiers were disposed on Saturday to secure victory for the PDP, continuing that the PDP also supposedly armed youths on the poll day for violence.