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From Jeff Amechi Agbodo, Onitsha
The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has decried with great disdain flawed Feb. 25th presidential and National Assembly election that has generated unprecedented condemnation and rejection over alleged rigging of the election by INEC officials.
The group alleged that INEC in collaboration with politicians manipulated the election giving credence to wrong assertion of John Stalin that those who cast the votes does nothing, but those who count the votes does everything.
The Chairman of Anambra State branch CLO Mr. Vincent Ezekwueme in a statement said that Legitimacy of every government comes from people’s votes, hence electoral umpire must ensure in words and actions that peoples vote count.
The group noted that that was in tandem with wise postulation of Mr. Peter Obi that those who wants to be call His excellency, must ensure that the process that brought them to power is excellent and transparent.
Ezekwueme according to statement tagged”no evil doer will go unpunished, if not by man certainly by God. If not on earth certainly in heaven, the triumph of evil over good is temporary.
“They should probe systematic and scientific disenfranchisement of people of southeast, especially Anambra state during Presidential and National Assembly elections in which voting started between 1pm to 3pm.
“It is detestable and condemnable that nearly fifty percent of voters did not vote that INEC officials deceived them that any vote cast beyond 6pm will not be uploaded in INEC server.
“In words of late Chief MKO Abiola”no justice no peace, any justice without peace is peace of the graveyard. INEC must be impartial, unbiased, unblemish and above aboard in discharge of their constitutional duties.
“The outcome of last presidential election if not transparently, patriotically and holistically resolved through justice and truth may lead to unprecedented voter apathy,indifference and undernourishment of our democracy.
“It is pertinent to note that restoration and rekindled of peoples faith, hope, trust and confidence in the electoral process is a task that must be done, but INEC should take the lead by ensuring that peoples vote count, outcome of every elections reflects the wishes and aspirations of majority of the electorate.
“In the course of our relentless efforts to mobilize, educate and sensitize citizenry to participate in governorship and House of Assembly elections one pathetic question begging for answer by citizens is that “why do they waste peoples time and money for elections, yet will announce their preffered candidates as winners.
“INEC, NOA, CSO’s and stakeholders should without delay swing into actions and convinced the citizenry to take active part in the subsequent elections. The electoral umpire should also guarantee credible, free, fair and generally acceptable elections that must meets international standard” CLO stated.
