#NIGERIA DECIDES2023: Rivers Collation Officer raises the alarm over threat to life, suspends presidential election result

By Abdulfatah On Feb 28, 2023

Prof. Charles Adias, the Rivers State collation officer for the 2023 presidential election, has suspended further collation of results until his safety is guaranteed.

Adias, who raised the alarm at the resumption of collation at the Independent National Electoral Commission (NEC), headquarters in Port Harcourt, on Tuesday, said he was inundated by threatening phone calls.
He said: “I have been receiving threats, messages and calls to my life and that of my family for two days now. My picture is all over the social media that I was sent to rig the elections in Rivers State.
“Every one hour, I receive more that one million calls of threats to my life and other things. I hereby stand down collation until the INEC and security agencies can guarantee my safety to continue this national assignment.”