cancellation of the Imo north senatorial election, claiming that it
was marred by series of rigging and electoral malpractice.
They claimed that the malpractice was masterminded by the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
Speaking to reporters in Owerri, the Imo State capital, the speaker of
the Imo State House of Assembly and the candidate for Imo north
senatorial district, Ben Uwajimogu, requested that the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) should cancel the elections due
to the irregularities during the election.
Mr Uwajimogu accused the PDP in the state of colluding with security
operatives and INEC to write fake results even in places where there
was no election.
However, the state collation officer for the APC, Mr Alfred Ononugbo,
refused to sign the collated result at the INEC office during the
declaration of the final result.
The tension caused by the claimed irregularities was, however, doused
by the announcement of the presidential election result.
Jubilation erupted across the streets of Owerri, the Imo State
capital, following the emergence of the presidential candidate of the
APC, General Muhammodu Buhari, as the winner of the March 28
Presidential elections.
The announcement was made by the Chairman of INEC, Professor
Attahiru Jega, in the early hoursof Wednesday, April 1, after the
completion of the collation and announcement of results which started
at the collation centre in Abuja, the nation's capital, on Monday and
ended on Tuesday, March 31.
General Muhammadu Buhari of the APC polled a total of 15,424,921 votes
to defeat all other candidates, with Dr Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP
polling a total of 12,853,162 votes to place second.
Meanwhile, the coordinator of President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign
Organisation in Imo State and a PDP chieftain, former Governor Achike
Udenwa, described all the allegations by the APC as untrue and
baseless.
Mr Udenwa maintained that in the National Assembly and presidential
elections in the state, the PDP won with a far margin on merit without
any form of rigging or electoral malpractice.
The former Governor of Imo State, also argued that no security
operatives or INEC official worked to favour the PDP.
--ChannelsTV
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