The immediate past governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has been accused by the family of the arrested Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Gesila Khan of masterminding her arrest bythe Department of State Services, DSS.
The family made the allegation in a statement on Tuesday in Yenagoa, which was signed by the family spokesperson, Okubama Johnbull.
It claimed that information at its disposal revealed that it was after Amaechi visited the Director-General of the DSS that Khan was arrested.
According to the family, “We, as a responsible family, know where this onslaught is coming from.
“We have it on good authority that it was the visit of the former governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, to the DSS Director, that prompted the invitation of Mrs. Khan.”
While decrying the arrest, detention, harassment and intimidation of the REC over her role in the last elections in Rivers, the Khans alleged that the REC was being forced “to write an undertaking to turn the results of the Rivers State general elections in favour of the All Progressives Congress, the ruling party at the national level.”
The family wondered why the DSS would single her out for victimisation and intimidation when matters concerning the last general elections were being handled by election petition tribunals.
It went on to express concern that Khan “who is diagnosed of hypertension and diabetics,” had been denied her medication in detention, a development it claimed, was affecting her health.
The family urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to intervene and caution the DSS to allow due process and the rule of law to prevail in Khan’s travail.
It equally pleaded with human rights organisations and public-spirited individuals to come to her aide, insisting that Khan’s arrest and detention were unlawful.
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