The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha,
has frowned on the way the Peoples Democratic Party “rigged” the
elections of Saturday and has therefore called for the outright
cancellation of the results in six local government areas of the state.
He also added that the election in the state was full of combined conspiracy with military intervention.
The governor, who addressed journalists
on Monday at the Government House, Owerri, accused notable chieftains of
the PDP in the state of using the military to terrorise voters.
He alleged that such areas as Oru East,
Ohaji/Egbema, Ngor Okpala, Aboh Mbaise and parts of Owerri West did not
only witnessed unprecedented rigging but also abduction and kidnapping
of agents of rival political parties who were manhandled and forced to
lie prostrate on the ground by soldiers acting on the orders of the
Federal Government.
He said, “Armed soldiers were used by
the PDP as aides to the collation officers and there was no collation of
results at the ward levels as prescribed by the Electoral Act. All the
collating officers and presiding officers were directed to go and submit
their results at the LG level, from where they collected all the
results from the booths in the presence of soldiers.”
Rochas also lashed out at security
agents who he alleged barred agents of the opposition parties from
entering into the INEC office while giving those of the PDP unfettered
access to the premises of the electoral commission.
The governor also said that 250 students
of the Rochas Foundation College who duly registered for the election
and were issued with PVC, were arrested and held hostage at Ogboko on
what he called trumped-up charges and were prevented from voting by
soldiers working for the PDP.
“Most of these helpless children are
orphans and I am their father, they duly registered for the election but
soldiers arrested, humiliated and detained them without food and water
and they were not released until the following day being Sunday.”
Okorocha insisted that the election did not
take place in the Isiala Mbano area and parts of Aboh Mbaise. He
expressed shock that results were still announced in these areas by
INEC.
The governor also denied the allegations of
tearing result sheets and added that his convoy was shot at by security
agents during which one of the boys in his entourage was seriously
wounded and immediately rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri.
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