More
than 100 persons brought in from Lagos State; Jos, the Plateau State
capital; and other parts of the country to register as voters in Anambra
State in the ongoing voters revalidation exercise were on Sunday
arrested and detained by the police in the state.
Also arrested were two members of the Independent National Electoral Commission ad hoc
staff who were the registration and assistant registration officers for
Unit 013, Ovala Square, Igbariam. They are National Youth Service Corps
members recruited to register voters during the revalidation exercise.
The police also impounded two luxurious
buses that were used to bring the arrested voters from Lagos and Jos for
the exercise. INEC had last week disclosed that there w ere 93,000 fake
voters in Anambra State.
The ‘imported voters,’ who were arrested
at Igbariam, Anambra East Local Government Area said they had been
mobilised and brought in to register by the Ifeanyi Ubah Fan Club, a
political group made up of the supporters of Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah, one of
the governorship aspirants for the November 16 election in the state.
One of the detainees, Mr. Bonaventure
Ofieli, who said he was a trader based in Jos, said the Ifeanyi Ubah Fan
Club in Jos had provided them with the fund for their trip to Anambra
State to register for the election. He said he hailed from Ozubulu in
Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Ubah is a governorship aspirant of the
Labour Party. The party is due to hold its primaries on Wednesday in
Awka, the Anambra State capital.
But the Director-General of the Ifeanyi
Ubah Campaign Organisation, Chief Dan Ulasi, criticised the arrest of
the voters, saying there was nothing wrong in mobilising registered
voters to come home to vote.
He said the innocent citizens were being
unnecessarily punished for offering to obey a national call to exercise
their franchise.
He said the organisation might go to court to seek remedy for the detained persons.
The Chairman of Anambra East Local
Government, Mr. Chinedu Obidigwe, said his attention had been drawn to
the registration unit in front of the palace of the traditional ruler of
Igbariam, Igwe N.N. Kelly by locals, who claimed to have noticed
strange faces about to get registered.
He said on getting to the unit, he
interviewed the strangers, who admitted that they were brought in to
register as voters but that they were not residing in the area.
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LABOUR PARTY AGAIN??? That is exactly what Gov. MIMIKO did in Ondo state. so, GEJ may knew about this too. They always perfect there runs with INEC. Till now, the judiciary has not revealed the truth situation in Ondo gov election due to JEG interest. May God punish Good-luck Jonathan Men
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ReplyDeletethis act is enough to disqualify the so called Mr Ifeanyi Ubah. Mr Ubah are u that despirate? l wonder the legacy u are living for ur children. u are a big SHAME.
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