Candidate of Action Alliance in
the governorship election held in Imo State on Saturday, Uche Nwosu, has
rejected its outcome.
Nwosu, who is also Governor
Rochas Okorocha’s son in-law, briefed journalists in Owerri, the state capital
on Tuesday, arguing that the Independent National Electoral Commission was
wrong to have declared Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party the
winner of the election.
He contended that Ihedioha did
not meet up with the constitutional requirements to have emerged the state’s
governor-elect.
According to Nwosu, the
Constitution stipulates that, apart from scoring the majority of votes cast, a
candidate must at least garner 25 percent votes in two-thirds of the entire
state.
He also alleged that the use of
card readers was abused during the election.
Nwosu hinted that he would be
heading to the tribunal to challenge the outcome of the election.
He alleged that the Resident
Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Francis Ezeonu, took sides in the polls in favour
of the governor-elect.
Nwosu said, “The state Returning
Officer did the wrong thing by announcing Emeka Ihedioha as the winner of the
election. For me, it is unacceptable.
“As far as I’m concerned, this is
a stolen mandate and I will challenge it at the tribunal.
“The Constitution is very clear
on how a candidate will emerge as a governor. He did not get the required
spread.
“There should have been a re-run
between I and him who are the two leading candidates. That is the position of
the law.
“Though he won in 11 LGAs and I
in 10, I got more spread than him.
“Also the INEC REC here is for
PDP and we observed that when he changed the returning officers at the last
minute in order to favour PDP, I have confidence that the judiciary will do the
right thing.
“Our supporters were compelled to
use the card readers, but PDP was allowed to vote manually; that is why he
wrote votes for himself in Mbaise.”
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