By Davies Iheamnachor

PORT HARCOURT—A group in Rivers State has condemned the sudden fixing of local government elections on May 23 by Rivers State Government, saying it was a ploy by the state government to cause anarchy in the state.

The group on the platform of I See You, in a statement during a victory march in Port Harcourt, on the emergence of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Mr Nyesom Wike, as the governor-elect of the state, said that the decision of the Rivers State Government to conduct the local government elections six days to the official hand-over to the governor-elect was not proper. He stressed that the administration of incumbent Governor Rotimi Amaechi should be thinking of rendering account of its stewardship to the people of the state instead of conducting another election.

Speaking at the victory march, the leader of the group, Mr. Chizi Nyeomasila, said the plan of the Rivers State Government to hold council elections was condemnable, adding that the youths in the state will resist such move.

He said such election was not supposed to be scheduled at a time when the state was in transition. He advised the state government to take one responsibility at a time.