The party also condemned in strong terms, the activities of the security
agents and INEC, who they alleged collaborated with PDP in aiding and
abetting election malpractice in the area.
INEC had declared PDP candidates for Anaocha constituency one and two,
Francis Okoye and Chalce Ezeani respectively winners of the re-run
election held yesterday in Anaocha state constituencies.
APGA therefore called on INEC to announce its candidates Hon Ejike
Okechukwu for constituency 2 and Hon Azubuike Okoye for constituency 1
winners of the election based on results collated at each polling units
which showed that APGA clearly won the said election.
In a press conference held in Neni, the headquarter of the council
Area, the Chairman of Anaocha local government area, Hon Ikeobi
Ejioffor who flanked by the candidate of the party , Hon Ejike Okechukwu
for constituency 2, the Anaocha local government Party Chairman ,Sir
Erastus Ifeanyi Orji and Anaocha Local govt deputy chairman, Comrade
Benjamin Ogbonna said the result was unacceptable by APGA as he claimed
it was marred with fraudulent practices.
He also condemned his encounter with the Nigerian army who he said was
led to his office by a General in the Nigerian army who asked him to
leave his office without any explanation of his offence. He described
their action as anti democrats.
'Security agents assaulted my deputy, Comrade Benjamin Ogbonna and also
beat to pulp, the APGA local Government chairman in Anaocha, Sir Eristus
Ifeanyi Orji and an APGA councillor in my council area, Hon. Chijioke
Ibeanu who was protesting against their evil deeds, they forcefully
collected his cell phone while he was trying to make calls and later
bundled him to CPS.
They came and asked me to leave my office and I asked them my offence
for asking me to leave but they couldn’t give any reason. They later
blocked the entrance to my office and placed me on house arrest for
refusing to leave my office all in a bid to perfect their evil plan of
upturning the wishes of the people.
'From the results we got from the collation centre, In Anaocha 1
constituency, APGA garnered 5,959 votes while PDP came second with 5061
votes, APGA was leading with over 898 votes and in Anaocha constituency
2, APGA coasted to victory with 6,172 votes while PDP got 3,749 votes
with a different of 2,473 votes. I am still surprise how INEC returning
officers for the both constituencies got the result they used to declare
PDP candidates winners of the election.
'In Nri ward one, our agents reported that there were multiple accreditations by people who did not register in Anaocha area. Police arrested about eight of them with multiple PVC and some of them were not even from Anambra state. In Ichida ward 1 ,PDP collaborated with SPO and security agents to manipulate the electoral process as the INEC SPO disappeared . We won in all the wards in Anaocha1, except in Agulu ward 2, 3 and 4 and we also won in constituency 11 except in Nri ward 1, 2 and Neni ward 2 APGA won in 13 wards out of 19 ,' he explained .
Also contributing, the candidate of APGA for Anaocha 2 constituency,
Hon.Okechukwu Ejike appealed to INEC to declare him winner having won
the election on polling booth results, even as he decried the attitude
of the returning officer, Dr Pius Okoye for declaring a PDP candidate
winner against the real results generated by the voters and witnessed by
agents of all the political parties , describing it as insult on
democracy and on the intelligence of electorate.
He appealed to his constituents to remain calm as they are following all due process to recover the mandate stolen by PDP.
He appealed to his constituents to remain calm as they are following all due process to recover the mandate stolen by PDP.
ABUCHI IFESINACHI, AWKA
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