The Progressive Peoples Alliance, PPA in Ebonyi state has cried foul over the just concluded local government election in the 13 local government councils, 215 wards and 1784 polling units in the state where Peoples Democratic Party, PDP swept all the votes cast. (Pix shows Governor Martin Elechi)Speaking to newsmen shortly after Ebonyi State Independent Electoral Commission Chairman, Mrs. Adline Idike announced the results and declared PDP winner of the election, the PPA Chairman, Mr. Cyril Obazi said that the election was marred by massive irregularities and violence ranging from kidnapping and other sundry acts against the wishes of the electorate.
Mr. Obazi went ahead to say as against the results earlier announced by EBSIEC that PDP won all the 215 wards that his party, PPA won the councillorship position in Ishimgbo ward 11, adding that despite the kidnap of their candidate by PDP supporters, the party still went ahead to win the ward.
The chairman of the most dreaded opposition party in the state went ahead to accuse EBSIEC of rigging the election in favour of the ruling party, PDP pointing accusing fingers on the commission for manufacturing the results to favour PDP.
“EBSIEC should tell us where they got the results because there was no election in any ward or booth throughout the state, many of our supporters were bundled up and beat up by PDP agents and we took one of the victims to NTA and made official reports to the police”
He also accused the ruling party of catalyzing trouble in Ezza North local government area where he said some of his supporters were infringed series of injuries ranging from matchete cuts and other degrees of injuries.
The party chairman also said that the party recorded another casualty in Ezza South as one woman who according to him is the party faithful was reported kidnapped by unknown gunmen who were reported to be working for PDP.
He accused the ruling party of beating up one woman to coma and went ahead to collect her cell phone on the same day that the election was conducted by the commission.
Meanwhile, apart from PPA that participated in the election, nothing has been heared of the Action Congress AC as the party fielded only two councillorship candidates in one of the local government areas in the state.
Some other prominent opposition political parties in the state like All Progressive Peoples Alliance, APGA and All Nigerian Peoples Party, ANPP had earlier before the election declared their intention for boycotting the election.
According to the chairman of APGA, Mr. Jerry Obasi, the EBSIEC has lost the trust and integrity to conduct free and fair election in the state, adding that since the commission is biased, the major option left for the party was to boycott the polls.
Also, the Secretary of ANPP had earlier briefed the press and accused the commission of siding PDP and went ahead to announce their withdrawal from participating in the poll.
Culled from: UkpakaReports
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