The Senator Andy Uba Campaign Organization has rejected the result of the just-concluded Anambra state governorship election held on Nov. 6.
In a statement signed Thursday in Abuja on behalf of the campaign organisation, Ambassador Jerry Ugokwe, alleged that the candidate of the APC “Senator Andy Uba is a victim of widespread electoral fraud and manipulation by INEC in cohorts with the Willie Obiano regime and the security forces deployed to oversee the Anambra State Governorship Election.
“The elections were characterised by widespread irregularities, intimidation and voter suppression in order to clear the path for the inglorious ‘victory’ of APGA in the polls.
“For instance, in polling units where the Biometric Voters’ Accreditation System malfunctioned, INEC went ahead to conduct the elections manually. There were numerous cases where votes announced by INEC exceeded the number of accredited voters in polling units.
“Another clear manifestation of collusion between the Obiano Administration and INEC was the publishing of results on the Social Media handles of APGA even before official announcement by INEC. Yet mysteriously, the votes announced in advance by APGA always corresponded correctly with the official figures released by INEC.
“It is inconceivable that our candidate, who polled over 200,000 votes in the APC primary election would be allocated a slightly above 43,000 votes by INEC.
“It is surprising that APGA that lost almost 80% of its stalwarts through defection to the APC before the election came out ‘victorious’. A sitting APGA Deputy Governor, seven members of the House of Representatives, 10 members of the Anambra State House of Assembly, the APGA party’s member of Board of Trustees, many serving SA’s, SSA’s, in addition to a serving PDP Senator all defected to the APC very timely before the election, yet APGA emerged ‘victorious’. This is quite ridiculous!”
Ugokwe added that from all indications, the only people remaining in APGA at the time of the election were Gov. Obiano and his household as well as a few staffers of the Government House and as Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the party’s candidate.
This, he said, was especially so because majority of the electorate in the state had moved to APC.
“There was definitely no way the carcass of APGA could have defeated APC without the active collusion and manipulation by INEC and the Obiano-led administration.
“What happened on Nov. 6 fell far below the acceptable standard of a free and fair election, and can best be described as an electoral fraud,” Ugokwe said.
He, however, appealed to APC supporters in the state to remain peaceful and calm.
Ugokwe assured that the organisation would not relent in pursuing what he called “their stolen electoral mandate” through all available constitutional means.
He further stated that the facts on ground did not, in any way, reflect the outcome of the elections, as announced by INEC.
