Polls: Ebonyi APC Chair Calls For Cancelation of 5 LGAs' Results

...As DG calls for investigation of Anyichuks, Okorie security team

The All Progressives Congress,(APC) in Ebonyi State has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in five Local Government Councils in the state. The Chairman of the party, Chief Stanley Okoro Emegha made the party’s position known during a press conference held in Abakaliki, on Monday. The affected local government areas include; Afikpo North, Ezza North, Ivo, Onicha and Ohaukwu Local government areas of Ebonyi State. Emegha alleged that the party has evidence of irregularities perpetrated by some opposition parties to deliberately void votes cast in favour of the Party.

He further alleged widespread of irregularities, including thumbing-printinf of ballot papers, harrasement of party agents, violence against party members which led to the killing of it’s agent in Izzi LGA. Emegha emphasized that the Party has raised petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner,(REC) in the State over the issues. He urged the commission to order a forensic examination of the ballot papers and other voting materials from the affected areas. According to Emegha, "In placed like Afikpo North, there were a lot of manipulations from the opposition party voiding our already captured votes. ‘We got a clear information that what they were doing there was to bring out ballot paper in favour of our party, the APC and double the fingerprints in order to void them. "This they did in connivance with the security agencies. I bet you if you can do forensic examination of the double thumbprints, you will discover the variations. "We decided not to be confrontational but to write to INEC for cancellation of result in such areas. “Same thing also happened at Ezza North, Ohaukwu, and Ivo Local government areas of the State. He added, “There were also manipulation through diversion of voting materials to secret locations for thumb printing by the opposition against the party. “All these are not acceptable to us. And all these are some in connivance with the police, the security agencies that are supposed to assist in giving Nigerians credible elections.” He stated. Earlier, the Director General of the State APC Campaign Council, Chief Austin Umahi had briefed Journalists on related issues where he directly accused the Ebonyi south labour party Senatorial candidate. Hon. Linus Okorie of masterminding irregularities and security breaches in the area. The DG explained that the former federal lawmaker and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii (Anyichuks) have intently abused the law by parading fake heavily armed thugs who they used in perpetuating violence in the area. He called on the state Commissioner of Police, CP Faleye Oluwale, Department of Security Service, DSS and other security chiefs in the state to thoroughly investigate the duo so as to save the state from insecurity current posing the state and Nigeria at large.