Michael Otu, the collation officer for Orumba north LGA of
Anambra state, has claimed that he signed the result for the area “under
duress, threat and coercion”.
Otu said this on Sunday while presenting the outcome of the
election in the LGA.
The collation officer, who said he doesn’t believe in the
result, accused some of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
officials attached to him of conniving with those who disrupted the process.
He especially accused one Comfort Omoregie, an electoral officer (EO), of manipulating the electoral process.
“My experience, I
must say, was very pathetic. Well, I thank God that I am alive,” he said.
“I want to categorically, unequivocally tell you that there
was no election to the best of my knowledge and with the evidence I am going to
buttress herein.
“The total acclaimed voters are 93,608 with 18 polling
units. I signed this document under duress. I don’t believe in it; it is not my
will. There was no meeting of the mind within myself, the electoral officer
sitting here (Omoregie), and the assistant collation officer who I thought was
to work with me. I saw that I was surrendered by enemies who brought thugs to
kill me.
“I signed the result
under duress, threat and coercion. I was so traumatised. I have evidence. Even
the police who came with her saw that I was under duress. They surrounded me
the whole night after I was teargassed. I almost collapsed and as a BP patient,
since 1 o’clock till now, I have not eaten, I have not drank water.
“After the teargas, they broke and smuggled her into the
toilet and locked me. I remained with the teargas until the police people broke
the place and smuggled her and ran to her car. While I ran with her thinking I
will be secured, the police people cocked guns and they stopped me.”
However, Omoregie denied the allegations, and accused Otu of
being inexperienced.
“If you observe this man for 30 minutes, you will know that
he is not composed. He has never had an experience on how to collate result,”
she said.
After presentation by the officials, they were asked to
leave after which Florence Obi, returning officer for the state, said the
commission will hold a meeting with party agents on the outcome of election in
the LGA.
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