Vice presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Peter Obi, on Tuesday, said the results declared by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from Anambra state was unacceptable to the party.
He accused the electoral umpire of disenfranchising over 8
million registered voters in the South East Geo-political Zone in the
last general election.
Addressing newsmen in his Onitsha
residence, Obi further lamented that the election was systematically
planned to ensure the zone did not participate fully in the exercise.
He argued that only 20% were able to cast their votes out of 10 million registered voters in the area.
He
said, “You will recall that on the election day I said that the process
was clumsy and we also had major problem of card readers and most
people could not vote.
“When over 400,000 Card Readers got burnt
it became clear that something was wrong somewhere and INEC could not
save the situation and they will not allow people to vote manually.
“But
in some other parts of the country people are allowed to vote manually
and it was accepted by the electoral body. Now how can you tell me that a
state like Yobe and Bornu produced the number of voters that is higher
than Anambra and Ebony states put together?
“The two states are
areas that have been at war and I wonder how they got Card Readers that
are working so well despite the war situation that they found
themselves?
Obi regretted the retrogressive disposition the
country was tilting to, noting that instead of the country building on
achievements of the 2015 general election the country was on a reverse
He added, “The impressive turn out of voters was discouraged by the performance of the electoral body last Saturday.
Obi
further decried the harassment and attack members of his party had
suffered in the hands of security agencies targeted at intimidating
them.
He however hinted that it was not in his powers to announce
any demand for the cancellation of the election, saying, “It is left
for the party to make its position clear on the matter.”
Source:- Thenationonlineng
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