Alex Otti also called on the Chairman of INEC to call the leadership of INEC in Abia state to order so they do not subvert the will of the people
By Kehinde Okeowo
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Abia state, Alex Otti, has called on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu to call the leadership of the commission in the state to order.
Alex Otti said this while speaking with Channels TV, alleging that the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is trying to manipulate the original polling booth results while collation is going on at some local government councils across Abia State.
He said: “Virtually all the results that have been uploaded and released, Labour Party won by a landslide.
“Unfortunately, the PDP government has refused to allow some of the results to stand, and they are doing this with the active connivance of some compromised INEC staff and security agencies.
“The local governments involved are Obingwa where the outgoing governor comes from, Osisioma, Aba North and Aba South where we won overwhelmingly. Obingwa is a very interesting case because, in the majority of the wards in active connivance with INEC, the BVAS was not used.”
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The LP gubernatorial candidate further alleged the PDP’s plan to rig the election was to flood the collation centre with counterfeit results and jettison the authentic ones.
“So they are making efforts to push fake results to the collation centre in Obingwa local government.
“I want to use this opportunity to call on the Federal Government and particularly the INEC Chairman to ensure that the right thing is done in Abia State. INEC had indicated clearly that the BVAS will be used for voting in this election and BVAS was used.
“I expect that any result that is not coming out from BVAS accreditation will not be accepted. So, I like the INEC Chairman to prevail on the REC and all other officials of INEC to give peace a chance and do the right thing.” Alex Otti added.
He also called on the Inspector General of Police to intervene as quickly as possible to prevent any breakdown of law and order in the state if the will of the people is subverted.