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From Stanley Uzoaru, Owerri
Imo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release the results of election of Isu state constituency held on March 18.
Addressing newsmen, yesterday, the Publicity Secretary, Collins Opurozor, said before the result was suspended by INEC, its candidate, Modestus Osakwe, already leading in the election.
“Our party, therefore, calls on the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, to order the immediate declaration of the result for Isu state constituency election in Imo State which was won by the PDP.
“To be clear, the situation with the withheld election result, which was incontrovertibly won by PDP, explains the embarrassing collusion of INEC in the tragedy that has befallen democracy in Imo State.
“Nigerians should note that of the 123 polling units in Isu council, 122 results have been successfully uploaded on the iREV, representing 99.19 per cent of the total results. The only result which was not transmitted came from Ekwe Ward 1, Booth 16, where All Progressives Congress (APC) thugs had made away with the BVAS. Nevertheless, the result has been ready with us and available at the INEC office in Owerri.
“To justify why INEC should declare its candidate winner, Opurozor said: “In four other polling units where elections were disrupted by thugs because of the imminent loss of APC, the INEC Forms EC 40 G were duly signed by the POs, SPOs and the EOs.
“In keeping with the provisions of the Electoral Act and the INEC guidelines, the possibility of a rerun in those areas has been effectively foreclosed. This position has also been publicly affirmed by INEC.”
