The Governor of Imo State, Rochas
Okorocha, has set up a vote protection unit, ahead of the rescheduled All
Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primaries in the state today.
The Governor announced this while
addressing thousands of his supporters at the Government House, Owerri on
Friday.
Okorocha yesterday led 9
governors of the APC in a meeting with the National Chairman of the party,
Adams Oshiomhole, to discuss the crises over primaries in some states,
including Imo.
The governor also met President
Muhamadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa.
According to him, the move to set
the vote protection unit was, “to ensure that every vote counts during the
election and that the sanctity of the ballot box was maintained.”
Okorocha said that the unit will
be coordinated by the former deputy chief of staff operations, Kingsley Uju.
He told the teeming youth to get
involved in the process because it’s their future he is trying to protect.
Tension had gripped the state
after the botched election, which was twice postponed following the claims by
both factions of the party – the coalition and the Dan Nwafor led state
executive that their candidates had won the election.
The controversy was generated by
the chairman of the electoral panel, Ahmed Gulak, who disappeared midway into
the process and announced Hope Uzodinma as winner of the election.
But other members of the
committee led by the Secretary, Henry Igbahadon, later announced Uche Nwosu as
the winner.
However, the NWC of the party
wielded the big stick and cancelled the two results, declaring them as fake.
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