Following massive irregularities in many polling booths and electoral wards in the 27 local governments of Imo State during the April 11th 2015 guber and State assembly the election, was declared inconclusive by the Independent Electoral Commissioner INEC.
A group, Society for Good Governance and Justice, SGGJ a non political organization has called for proper and through scrutiny of the exercise in Ideato South, alleging that there were massive malpractices especially in Ogboko, Obioha, Umuchima, Isiekenesi Umuonom mention a few outright cancellation.
Speaking to our reporter, the leader of group, Mazi Kevin Uwadiogwu disclosed that, in Isiekenesi ward 1 booth 001, an All Progressive Congress APC Chieftain and former state assembly aspirant manipulated the result in his pooling booth that recorded less than 200 accredited voters to more than 400 voters for APC. It was alleged that he bribed the INEC Officers with some huge amount of money to allow him thump-print the remaining voting materials in favour of APC. But when he tried the same in the other voting point in the booth, the Peoples Democratic Party Agent Mr Ekwem resisted the act, even when he pleaded with Mr Ekwem to share the remaining 60-40 with some money.
In Ogboko, wards and , which is Okorocha’s home, Umuchima ward where the APC State assembly candidate Hon Ikechukwu Amuka comes from, and Obiohia, ward, the ward of Dr Pascal Obi the principal secretary of governor Okorocha voting materials were injected and vote manipulated in their different results. For Umuobom, and other parts of Isiekenesi voters were intimidated to vote for the APC, which kept most voter sat home that gave room for the APC agent, Chieftains to conspire with INEC Officers to write the result infavour of the APC with wide margine.
With the following incidents of malpractices the integrity group wondered why the election in Ideato South should not be cancelled over massive rigging and manipulation to record 30,000 voters from less than 20,000 voters in the 28th March election.
