NGF POLL: SHOW EVIDENCE I VOTED, MIMIKO TELLS AMAECHI

Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has challenged his Rivers State counterpart,  Rotimi Amaechi  to substantiate his claim that he (Mimiko) voted at the disputed  Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) election by producing the video evidence  of the claim, insisting that  Amaechi cannot take ecclesiastic refuge for his anti-democratic dispositions.

Reacting to Amaechi’s claim that  he (Mimiko)voted at the election, the Ondo state governor on Wednesday, said Amaechi should not hide under religion to cover up his anti-democratic dispositions,

He insisted that nothing stops Amaechi  from proving to the world that he  voted  by using the same video he has been using to tell the public that there was an election.

“If Amaechi is saying I voted at the election, then I think he should prove it to the whole world that I did.

“I sincerely believe that a process must have led to the declaration of result contained in their few minutes video clip.

“That later part can’t come in isolation; I challenge him to show the entire  proceedings including where I voted”.

Berating Amaechi for what he called his anti democratic disposition, Mimiko who is the Vice Chairman of the Jonah Jang led NGF,  said Amaechi  cannot take ecclesiastic refuge  for his  undemocratic dispositions by dragging the church into the Forum’s disputed election as a way of covering up his anti democratic tendencies stating further that Nigerians have been deceived  for too long adding that  Amaechi is only dancing around the main issue .

“Amaechi should tell the world whether or not he presided over his own election despite cries that he should step aside for an interim chairman to preside over the same election as it is the practice in any democratic setting.

He should also tell the world whether or not he was the sole provider of ballot papers and the ballot box used for the charade where he is also a contestant.

“He should tell the world why he insisted he must contest for another term even when he knew that negates the norm in the Forum.”

Mimiko accused   Amaechi of what he termed betrayal of his colleagues.

He said: “It is the height of  treachery  for the governor to have installed  secret  video camera to record his colleagues without their consent simply because  he is  acting  the script of  another agenda inimical to the  progress of the Forum.

“That is not acceptable, it is undemocratic, it is the height of desperation, it won’t work because  Nigerians can no longer afford to be fooled”, Mimiko said.

Source: Daily Independent