Friday 22 November 2013
APC REJECTS SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTION IN ANAMBRA STATE
The
All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the announcement by INEC on Friday
it will hold supplementary election in Anambra State on Nov. 30th.
“We will not be a party to what is obviously a travesty of
election by a self-discredited and conniving electoral umpire,” the party said
in a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its Interim National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.
It expressed absolute shock and incredulity that INEC could even
talk of organizing a supplementary election, despite the weight of credible
evidence given by the party as well as election monitors/observers that what
happened on Nov. 16th was nothing but a sham.
“This announcement has confirmed our worst fears that INEC is
working in cahoots with the PDP and the presidency to ensure that no election
ever counts in Nigeria.
“The
INEC Chairman himself was the first to admit that a senior official of the
commission compromised the election in one local government in Anambra.
“We on our own part were able to establish that materials meant
for several LGs that were the strongholds of our candidate were diverted; that
out of the about 1.7 million registered voters in Anambra, only a little over
400,000 were accredited to vote; and that the voters’ register was apparently
tampered with to remove many names and disenfranchise thousands of voters.
”Yet, the same electoral body that admitted that the election was compromised has turned around to validate it by its decision to organize supplementary election instead of cancelling the parody of election and holding a fresh one. This is a sad day indeed,” APC said.
”Yet, the same electoral body that admitted that the election was compromised has turned around to validate it by its decision to organize supplementary election instead of cancelling the parody of election and holding a fresh one. This is a sad day indeed,” APC said.
The party said it is now obvious that Nigerians cannot rely on
INEC to organize a free, fair and credible election anywhere in the country,
hence Nigerians must now take their fate in their own hands to ensure that the
principle of one man, one vote is sacrosanct.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
Interim National Publicity Secretary,
All Progressives Congress (APC),
Lagos, Nov. 22nd 2013
Interim National Publicity Secretary,
All Progressives Congress (APC),
Lagos, Nov. 22nd 2013
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