On Monday, March 6, Dr. Lulu-Briggs told journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, that his wife had received a series of death threats because of her INEC assignment.
Professor Omiete Briggs, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Collation Officer for Port Harcourt City local government area in Rivers State in the February 25 presidential and national assembly elections, has been replaced due to death threats.
Dr. Johnson Alalibo Sinikiem, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers State, announced the replacement of the Collation Officer after receiving repeated death threats.
According to him, the husband of the Professor, Dr. Amoniya Briggs, complained that his wife had been receiving death threats from some people because she refused to tamper with and compromise with the results of the Saturday, February 25 Presidential and National Assembly election in the Port Harcourt local government.
Prof. Briggs was supposed to continue working as the Collation Officer for Port Harcourt City Local Government during the Saturday March 11 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, but INEC asked her to stop for safety.
On Monday, March 6, Dr. Lulu-Briggs told journalists in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, that his wife had received a series of death threats because of her INEC assignment.
In a similar event, SaharaReporters also reported that the Rivers State collation officer, Professor Charles Adias in the just concluded presidential election raised the alarm over an alleged threat to his life.
The varsity don who is also the vice-chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke, FUO, had during the collation exercise of results addressed journalists in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, to announce an adjournment due to threats to his life and those of his family members.
When SaharaReporters called him on the phone on Sunday, he said he still received threatening messages up until the previous night (Saturday night).