Suspension of Re Run In Imo North: PDP, APC Trade Words Again

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BY GRACE IGWEANYI

Chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress  in Imo State have continued to tongue lash each other over the suspension of the re run polls in Imo North senatorial district.

INEC on Friday, February 19^th, 2016, suspended the polls in the area and in some local Governments such as Isiala Mbano, Oru East and Owerri West where the Assembly seats were vacant.

The electoral umpire cited  security reasons for suspending the polls.

 Two PDP chieftains in the State, Jasper Ndubuaku and Pope Ekwe who spoke during a radio progarmme in Owerri on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, said there was no justification for INEC to cancel the election based on the protest of some hired youths sponsored by the APC government in the State.

Ndubuaku, who was a member of the Imo State House of Assembly, said the youths who  carried out the protest in front of INEC office on Friday were instigated and sponsored and led by a former commissioner in the Okorocha administration.

The former lawmaker said “The hemp smoking youths came from Ogboko, the governor’s village and they were instigated.  We expected the security agencies to quell the protesters on a day the Inspector General of Police was in the State.  This is did not happen.

“The protests by the youths were not enough reason for INEC to cancel the election. The commission’s reasons are baseless. We believe INEC and the security agencies have taken sides. And we wonder what some Commissioners in the State were doing at INEC office while the protest was going on” the two time lawmaker said.

The former political Adviser to former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohaki, alleged that the APC was afraid of defeat in the election and had plans of rigging it, alleging that his party uncovered plans of some APC chieftains who were  forging election results even before the elections.

In a fierce reaction to PDP’s allegations, an APC Chieftain in the State, Chief Raymond Ukoha told INNONEWS.COM on phone that the PDP were desperate to grab the Imo North Senatorial seat by  contributing huge funds to buy off some INEC officials.

“If they were confident of victory, why did they resort to infiltrate INEC?  We know all these.  PDP has never won any election in Imo State in a free and fair manner. Because this is a new era where such impunity is no longer tolerated, they are finding it difficult to cope.

“That era of writing results in the comfort of their homes is gone. There is change now. Change is all about free and fair elections. The PDP in Imo State is never used to winning elections in free and fair manner.

“ The APC is sure of victory in the re run any time any day in Imo North” he said .    

The heat and tension the cancellation of the re run has heightened concerns if the election will take place as soon as possible.    







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