Okorocha's Aide Calls For Arrest Of Imo REC, Says He is PDP Member

The APC in the state through the Senior Special Assistant on Media to
the State Governor, Sam Onwuemeodo has called for the immediate arrest
and prosecution of the Imo Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). Mr
Onwuemeodo said this yesterday, Wednesday, April 22nd, while
addressing journalists at the Rochas Campaign Organisation along
Okigwe Road, Owerri.

Sam Onwuemeodo told newsmen that their major opponents in the election
in Imo State is the REC, a statement which he alleged has been
confirmed by recent happenings in the state. Mr Onwuemeodo accused
INEC of "working out the winner of the election in the state from the
answer". The Media SA to the governor equally accused INEC in the
state of preparing result sheets for the PDP which he said have been
kept aside, waiting for declaration, stressing that however the people
vote does not in any way matter to APC as well as adding that the PDP
did same in the Presidential and National Assembly elections.

Sam Onwuemeodo said the PDP would have done the same in the
Governorship and State House of Assembly elections but for the level
of resistance they met. According to Onwuemeodo, INEC ended up having
results for PDP without supporting results from the polling booths,
adding that there were no forms EC8A, EC8B AND EC8C, which he said APC
begin to petition INEC, requesting that the INEC Chairman should
redeploy the Imo State REC.

Sam Onwuemeodo also accused INEC of procuring ballot papers, forms
EC8A, EC8B and EC8C, which he said the Head of Operations, INEC, and
fifteen other INEC staff were thumb-printing and re-writing results in
the INEC office as it affects some Local Government Areas in the
state. The Media SA told journalists at the Rochas Campaign
Organisation that, on getting the tipoff as good citizens, the APC
alerted the State Security Service, SSS, who he said swung into action
and consequently caught the INEC officials thumb-printing ballot
papers inside INEC office.

According to Mr Onwuemeodo, the results were assiduously fabricated
for Aboh Mbaise, Ezinihitte Mbaise and Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government
Areas, alongside Oru East Local Government Area and many other local
government areas where results were announced for the PDP without the
existence of forms EC8A, EC8B and EC8C. As at the time of filing this
report, the Media SA told newsmen, the victims are in the custody of
the SSS operatives, whom he said are continuing investigations.

Mr Sam Onwuemeodo further stressed that there was no way the Director
of operations in the INEC office would been involved in the
thumb-printing of ballot boxes at the INEC office with the cooperation
of the INEC REC in the state, and therefore demanded that the Resident
Electoral Commissioner in the state be arrested immediately for
investigations and prosecution. The APC in the state through the media
SA equally called for the arrest and prosecution of those who were
arrested on 11th April, 2015 whose homes were converted to Ward
collation centres.

The APC-led government also added that the video of the people in
question and their operations have been handed over to the police as
proof, alleging that all the ballot papers printed were all in favour
of the PDP and none in favour of the APC.

The SA Media to Governor Okorocha told newsmen that the lives of the
APC supporters in the areas slated for election come April 25th are in
jeopardy, while accusing the PDP of bringing in lots of fake
policemen, fake soldiers and militants from the South-South who he
said the PDP had equipped with weapons to annihilate the APC
supporters in areas slated for re-run elections. Mr Onwuemeodo finally
added that the APC is aware of the whole plots and antics of the PDP
poised to rigging the election and thus called on the PDP and their
candidate in the state, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha to emulate the good
example of President Goodluck Jonathan by accepting defeat so as to
save the lives of many innocent citizens.