Protests rock Enugu over guber poll
From Chinedu Nwafor, Abakaliki
The Independent National Election Commission (INEC )headquarters in Enugu has been besieged by both members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) who protesting the results of the governorship election in the state.
The protesters vowed to continue the protest until INEC officials do the needful.
The coordinator of the presidential campaign of LP in Enugu State, Prince Emeka Mamah who led the protest of the LP members called on INEC to cancel Enugu East results on the ground of over voting and declare LP gubernatorial candidate, Chijioke Edeoga the winner of governorship election.
The Director, PDP Support Groups for Peter Mbah, Rt. Hon. USA Igwesi on his part alleged massive rigging in Nsukka and called on INEC to declare PDP candidate Peter Mbah the winner having scored the highest number of votes in the election
“We will not take this, INEC should declare Mbah winner and anybody that is aggrieved is free to go to court.
“All we are saying is to give Peter Mba his mandate. We won the election, so INEC should declare us winner.
“It’s a very simple matter, unless INEC has another agenda. A winner has emerged, they need to announce Mbah winner this morning,” Igwesi said
But Emeka Mamah urged INEC to look into the alleged irregularities at Nkanu East Local Government.
Mamah, a former commissioner under the PDP- led -administration, claimed that BIVAs was not used to conduct election at Nkanu East Local Government.
He also claimed that there was over voting in the area, saying that the results declared were not real results.
