Following alleged monumental election frauds orchestrated by the All Progressive Congress APC in both the Guber and State assembly elections with the help of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in the State before, during and after the 11th April 2015 general election, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Imo State has called for the total cancelation of the entire result.
Although the electoral Umpire had earlier announced the election inconclusive due to irregularities in some booths and had also scheduled the run-off for the 25th of April, but the PDP in a press briefing yesterday submitted that after critical analysis in what transpired on the manipulations, rigging, ballot box snatching and writing of election results with fake result sheets from the North by the APC, the PDP calls for the total cancellation of the 11th April election in Imo State.
Some of the facts cited by the chairman Bar Nnamdi Anyaehie include the use of card readers in Areas of PDP stronghold, the inducement of INEC officers with money by the APC to write results in their favour, falsification of results in Ezinihitte Mbaise and Oru East LGAs to up turning the PDP winning result, which was exposed by the collation officer, yet the results were accepted by INEC.
Other are writing of results with non customized results sheet, which party agents are forced to sign under duress, at gun point especially in Ideato North and South, Oru, Nkwerre, Oru West, Nwangele, Isu, Mbaitolu Ikeduru LGAs to motion but a few.
The party also accused INEC of inconsistence in reducing the number of the polling units earlier announced for the re-run few days to the scheduled run date. PDP wondered if not conspiracy to rig the party out for INEC it gave Ideato South a clean sheet when there were new reported cases of electoral violence in Umuobom, Ogboko, Umuchima, Obioha, Isiekenesi among other Wards, to the electoral body.
It was also disclosed that results of two federal House Seats won by the PDP and that of the Orlu Senatorial zone are being manipulated to overturn the victories infavour of the APC by some INEC officials who are paid by the APC.
Barr Anyachie, on behalf of the PDP called for the outright cancellation of the of the results and redeployment of INEC officers from outside the state to conduct a new and fresh election.
