The governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, while fielding questions from journalists at the government house in Port Harcourt, said the leaked audio recording was the handiwork of his detractors.
He denied threatening an electoral official during the legislative rerun election.
“Have I not said it before that if you come to Rivers to rig you should prepare your will? Have I not said it? So what is it about threatening to kill electoral officials?” he said.
Asked if he held any conversation with an INEC official, Wike said: “Who is the INEC official that I spoke with? They claimed I gave the official money and was asking him where he is from? How can I be asking someone I gave money where he is from?
“What is all this crap? Let them produce video evidence; we have been able to show video of policemen rigging election. What have they done about it?
“The only person I can even speak to as far as INEC is concerned is the resident electoral commissioner (INEC) or the national commissioner, and that’s if I have any report. There were over 2000 ad hoc staff during the election, so which one did I talk to? Which one did I not talk to? Please discard those thoughts.”
