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FACT CHECK: Viral audio of Wike 'strategising to rig elections' is ... (TheCable)

A circulating audio recording purportedly of Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, has claimed that he bribed Independent National Electoral Commission ...

[report on December 14, 2016](https://saharareporters.com/2016/12/14/full-audio-governor-wike-caught-tape-arranging-inec-officials-rig-rivers-election) โ€” two days before the video was published by the same media platform โ€” alleged that the governor bribed INEC officials during the 2016 legislative elections held in the state. [longer version of the audio](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs4b_hC90PM) shows that the recording is a compilation of different telephone conversations, all focusing on elections. The recording also appeared to reveal that the governor arranged that money be given to INEC officials to manipulate election results.

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