Mimiko to Amaechi: Prove that I voted in NGF poll

Ondo State Governor Olusegun Mimiko has  urged Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi  to substantiate his claim that he (Mimiko) voted at the disputed  Nigeria Governor's Forum (NGF) election.

Mimiko said he should produce  the video evidence  of the claim, saying  Amaechi  cannot take ecclesiastic refuge for  his anti-democratic  dispositions.

Reacting to Amaechi's claim that  he voted at the election, Mimiko  said  Amaechi should not hide under religion to cover up his anti-democratic posture.

He insisted  that  nothing stops  Governor Amaechi  from proving to the world that he  voted  by using the same video he has been using to tell the public that there was an election.

"If Amaechi is saying I voted at the election, then I think he should prove it to the whole world that I did.

"I sincerely believe that a process must have led to the declaration of result contained in their few minutes video clip. That later part can't come in isolation; I challenge him to show the entire  proceedings including where I voted".

Mimiko, who is the Vice Chairman of the Jonah Jang- led NGF faction.said "Amaechi should tell the world whether or not he presided over his own  election despite cries that he should step aside for an interim chairman to preside over the same election as it is the practice in any democratic setting.

''He should also tell the world whether or not he was the sole provider of ballot papers and the ballot box used  for the charade where he is also a contestant."He should tell the world why he insisted he must contest for another term even when he knew that negates the norm in the Forum.

"It is the height of treachery  for the governor to  have installed  secret  video camera to record his colleagues without their consent simply because  he is  acting  the script of  another agenda inimical to the  progress of the Forum.Mimiko said the development is not acceptable and undemocratic stressing that ''it is the height of desperation, it won't work because  Nigerians can no longer afford to be fooled