of deliberately working towards disenfranchising many voters in Imo
State.
Chairman of Owerri Federal Constituency Elders Forum, Prince Lemmy
Akakem, said Professor Attahiru Jega was not being honest when he said
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was ready to conduct
the polls.
Prince Akakem accused Professor Jega of acting out a script prepared
by the Northern oligarchy against their perceived enemies.
He alleged that while under-aged persons in the North were collecting
PVCs, at 64, he does not have one.
Akakem said: "If the election had held as earlier scheduled, many
people in Imo would have been completely disenfranchised. This is not
what democracy is all about."
He expressed regrets that in Owerri North Local government Area of the
state, no permanent voter's cards had been issued to all citizens that
registered in 2011.
He said: "We had earlier complained to INEC and they promised that
Permanent Voter's cards, PVCs, would be made available. We waited
anxiously for one month and when nothing came, we went on a peaceful
demonstration. We still do not have the cards now."
--Vanguard
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