The All Progressives Congress has demanded that fresh election be held in four local government areas of Anambra State, where it claimed election either did not hold or “massive malpractices were recorded” in Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also rejected
INEC’s decision to organise fresh elections in only 65 polling units on Sunday, saying that would not address the alleged massive disenfranchisement of its supporters.
It listed the affected four local government areas as Idemili North, Idemili South, Awka South and Ihiala.
”In Idemili North, which has the highest number of registered voters at 173,832, voting materials did not arrive as 2 pm, when voters ought to have cast their votes; In Idemili South, with registered 85,731 voters, several qualified voters were disenfranchised as their names did not appear on the voters’ register; In Awka South, with 118,312 registered voters, the names of APC supporters were expunged from the voters’ register and in Ihiala, massive fraudulent practices were recorded at Uli Ward 1 polling unit and Umuchima polling unit 14
”Aside from Ihiala Local Government Area, the three local councils above comprise 377, 875 of the total 1, 784, 536 registered voters,” APC said, adding that the affected areas were home to its support base.
Source: punchNg online
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