{"id":408733,"date":"2011-04-29T20:12:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T20:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/opposition-demand-cancellation-of-enugu-guber-polls\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T20:12:56","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T20:12:56","slug":"opposition-demand-cancellation-of-enugu-guber-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/opposition-demand-cancellation-of-enugu-guber-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition demand cancellation of Enugu guber polls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u2026as CPC threatens court action over Niger polls<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

By Tony Edike, Enugu
GOVERNORSHIP candidates of the opposition political parties in Enugu State, Friday, called for the outright cancellation of the governorship election held in the state on April 26, 2011 alleging that the election was \u201chighly rigged\u201d by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP members in collaboration with Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC officials and security agents.<\/p>\n

The candidates declared that free, fair and credible election was made impossible in the state through the activities of security agents, PDP members and INEC officials, adding that the exercise was characterized by ballot box stuffing and multiple thumb_printing by unauthorized persons including security operatives in favour of the PDP candidate, Sullivan Chime, who was declared winner of the election.<\/p>\n

At a joint news conference addressed in Enugu by three governorship candidates, Chief Okey Ezea of the Labour Party, Mr. Obinna Obiegue of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, and Mr. Anya Ibekwe of National Transformation Party, NTP on behalf of the opposition candidates, they unequivocally condemned the election insisting that it was not conducted in strict compliance to the relevant sections of the Electoral Act.<\/p>\n

Speaking for the group, the Labour Party candidate, Chief Ezea alleged that unaccredited persons were allowed to vote in place of voters who were not present for accreditation at the end of voting for the PDP contrary to Section 49 of the Electoral Act as amended on the 29th day of December, 2010.<\/p>\n

He also stated that supervisory officers in the election allegedly released booklets of ballot papers from their polling units to PDP members \u201cand when fairly challenged by either candidates of other political parties or their polling agents, the latter were either chased out or driven from the polling units contrary to Section 50 of the Electoral Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to over voting by members of PDP, Ezea further accused the presiding officers, supervising officers and the security agents of allowing PDP agents to witness and direct accredited voters where to vote while food, drinks, money, rice and salt were shared and given to accredited voters by PDP agents after\u00a0 casting their votes for their candidate.<\/p>\n

However, Enugu State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Chuks Ugwoke, reacting said: \u201c\u2018It\u2019s strange that they made such unfounded allegations at a time our people are celebrating an election which was adjudged as free, fair and credible, and which also produced an expected result.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is also shocking that they have chosen this path even when Governor Sullivan Chime had extended hand of fellowship to them. You see, it\u2019s more ironical because\u00a0 the State Chairman of Labour Party who was the agent at the collation centre, Mr. Afam Ani had congratulated the winner and went public to admit that the polls were free and fair.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the onus, was on those making the allegation to prove their case beyond reasonable doubt but the\u00a0 truth remains that Gov Chime won \u201cclearly and fairly.\u2019<\/p>\n

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