Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, Tuesday vowed to defend his mandate in the last governorship election against all forms of manipulations by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Imo Governor who addressed a press conference at the Government House, urged INEC to adopt the results of the six wards in Oru East, which were earlier rejected by the Commission over alleged irregularities and declare him winner.
According to him, the figure of registered voters in the areas that elections were cancelled, which was earlier put at 144715 by INEC has been corrected as 127000, “INEC has given the correct figure of registered voters in the areas they were claiming elections did not hold to 127000. By the time they consider those that collected their PVC, the number will further reduce and by the time they finish accreditation, the number will go down still. So INEC should stop delaying the people’s victory and announce the winner.”
The Governor also noted that if any of the results were to be rejected, it should be those of Aboh Mbaise, Ahiazu Mbaise and Ezinihitte Local Government Areas, where he said figures were falsified by the PDP, “the PDP candidate allocated over one hundred thousand votes to himself in the three LGAs, where elections never held so if there is any result that should be rejected, it should be the ones from those areas.”
He further advised the candidates from the opposition parties to take a cue from President Goodluck Jonathan and accept their defeat in good fate so that they could join hands with his administration to develop the state.
Meanwhile another round of protest rocked Owerri, the Imo state capital, where youths barricaded major roads in protest of the refusal of INEC to declare the winner of the governorship election.
The youths numbering over four thousand, accused the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Gabriel Ada of conniving with the PDP to undermine the will of the people.
They alleged that the REC in his game plan to declare the PDP candidate winner, had accepted all the results from the areas the PDP allocated fraudulent number of votes to its candidate and deliberately rejected results from areas where APC convincingly won.
One of the youths who did not want his name mentioned for obvious security reasons, warned that the stalemate in the state currently may snowball into full blown crisis if INEC fails to do the right thing or undermine the will of the people in anyway.
In another breath, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Captain Emmanuel Ihenacho, staged a peaceful protest with hundreds of his supporters against the conduct of the governorship election, which he demanded should be cancelled. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDeleteI think/ know that the pdp governorship candidate Emeka won Rochas ,this is because, if you check the Polling Unit at the Imo State Government House: Governorship Results: PDP 58; APC 57 same case for Buhari & Gej in Aso rock polling unit, the people rejected him even within the government house. Please, when is the date of the supplementary -election! We need our mandate- voting personnel not party. Imolite have spoken let us continue to speak with our vote until victory is assured.
ReplyDeleteRochas is beta than Emeka.There is no way Emeka can win Rochas.its impossible
ReplyDeletePrince Tamuno is only speaking from them say them say! If you are not an Imolite and has never stayed there, why would you conclude for the people of Imo . Imolite will decide who is Beta Preferred.
ReplyDeleteRochas Fail the election every body knows that just like Rivers state . we like Emeka he is a good man , Rochas should return back to Northeran state where he from because is not an Imo state we all know that and lets be sincere to our people .
DeleteEmeka Ihedoha is a fraudster and there is no way 7 Local government council can win 20 Local Government Council. Though the two candidate are of the same feather but Owelle is preferal to Emeka.
ReplyDeletewho is Rochas in Imo state ? We want Emeka in Imo state not Rochas
ReplyDeleteImolite, don't allow this doom that is about to visit Imo. Emeka is a pure fraudster and should not be allowed to rule Imo. PDP is now a dead party. Imo should be allowed to align with the governing party at least for now that change has come to Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteRochas Fail the election every body knows that just like Rivers state . we like Emeka he is a good man , Rochas should return back to Northeran state where he from because is not an Imo state we all know that and lets be sincere to our people .
DeleteLol....carry emeka go put dere nah...
ReplyDeleteINEC should declare the winner enough of all this jamborees, we all know who won the election.
ReplyDeleteNo one is a saint among two of them but they should declare Rochas winner because he did win.
ReplyDeleteRochas Fail the election every body knows that just like Rivers state . we like Emeka he is a good man , Rochas should return back to Northeran state where he from because is not an Imo state we all know that and lets be sincere to our people .
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