Gubernatorial candidate of Action Alliance in Rivers State, Larry Allison has lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for successful conduct of the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.

He also pledged to work with the commission to improve the electoral process should he emerge as Governor of Rivers State.

“I am highly elated because this is the best and the most and wonderful and most peaceful election I have witnessed. And I know that because the presence of God has descended on Nigeria, mostly in Bonny Kingdom and in Rivers State things must go properly and are going properly,” Allison told Kristina Reports shortly after voting in his polling unit, Ward 1, Unit 1, Bonny LGA.

The AA candidate who expressed confidence that he would win the polls stated that “we are going to sit down and have proper understanding with INEC, telling them there are technocrats in the system who have the wherewithal to give us a proper and very wonderful way of electioneering like we have in the western countries.”

“We are not supposed to be where we are today. But if all and sundry put our heads together we can get out of it and get the best for our people.”     

Allison, a former security buff who had a meritorious career with the Department of State Services (DSS), hails from Bonny LGA.

I beg all electorates to end everything peacefully the way I have seen it and believe God it is all going to end peacefully and a winner must emerge.

He expressed delight with the large turnout of voters and the peaceful atmosphere across the community while the exercise lasted, saying it underscored voters confidence in the process.

“The large turnout is representative of voters’ confidence in the process, in fact 500%. The presence of every male and female of Bonny Kingdom is here and those I have not seen over the years are all here for this singular act and I know that we going to get the best out of the best in the next few hours”.

“I was number two in my unit to vote and from what I have heard only two of us, someone and myself, that the card reader was able to give proper and adequate recording; it is still in the record there to see till now.”

He urged INEC to improve on the lapses experienced during the polls by upgrading to electronic voting system.  

“I urge them to improve more and possibly take us now to voting through electronic system. There are some people who must have from far and those people might have had one deformity or the other or due to issue of finance they couldn’t come. If we go electronic everybody can be his comfort zone and carry out their civic responsibility.”