Biafra warlord, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu yesterday said that he
has concluded arrangements to drag the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP
and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to the
Election Petitions Tribunal in Anambra State to recover the mandate
stolen from him during last Saturday's National Assembly election for
Nnewi North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency in the State.
Ojukwu Jnr who was the candidate of the All Progressives Grand
Alliance, APGA for the election said he was surprised that rather than
declaring himself winner of the election, INEC declared his PDP rival,
Hon Chris Emeka Azubogu winner after some PDP bigwigs in the
constituency stormed the collation centre at the INEC office at Ukpor,
the Headquarters of Nnewi South Local Government Area with written
results when collation was still ongoing, chased away INEC officials
and ad-hoc staff, scattered already recorded INEC sensitive materials
all over the premises and then conspired with INEC to declare Azubogu
winner in such a commando style.
Ojukwu Jnr who had just been re-appointed the Sole Administrator of
Nnewi North Local Government Council Area by Governor Willie Obiano,
said he would be heading to the tribunal right away to challenge the
result of the election, for possible reversal of the monumental fraud
allegedly perpetrated in conspiracy with INEC, adding that for now,
INEC should not issue a certificate of return to the said winner
because doing so would amount to contempt of court.
He said that those he described as the perpetrators of the electoral
fraud had showed no respect for his late father and Igbo leader, Dim
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, pointing out that the electoral fraud had
added credence to the saying that Igbo do not respect their leaders.
According to him, "it would have been a different thing if the PDP had
actually beaten me at the polls which I know is not possible, other
than snatching the ballot boxes from various polling units when they
discovered that I was winning and twisting the results in their own
favour".
He expressed optimism that at the appropriate time, he would reclaim
his stolen mandate, adding, "We have enough evidence to prove that we
won that March 28 election for House of Representatives in Nnewi
North/Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency. because we campaigned
vigorously to deserve victory and our people turned out enmass to
ensure our victory at the poll".
--Vanguard
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