Nigerian Police IG Sets Up Panel To Investigate Gov. Wike’s Leaked Phone Calls, Threats Against INEC Officials

Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim K. Idris, has set up a panel of officers to investigate various incidents that took place during the recent legislative elections in Rivers State, including telephone conversations obtained and released by SaharaReporters in which the state governor, Nyesom Wike, discussed bribes to electoral officials to rig the polls. In the phone conversations, the governor could also be heard threatening to kill officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) who took cash from him if they did not meet his demands.