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PDP Rejects Election Result in Ebonyi State

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has rejected the results of the March 18 governorship and State House of Assembly electio...

Chima Joseph Ugo
Chima Joseph Ugo - Editor-in-chief March 24, 2023
Updated March 24, 2023 at 10:57 AM
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PDP Rejects Election Result in Ebonyi State
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has rejected the results of the March 18 governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the state. According to the acting state chairman of the party, Barrister Ifeanyi Nworie, irregularities, violence, and electoral manipulation marred the elections. He alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) resorted to electoral fraud, violence, killings, and the desecration of electoral rules.

Nworie stated that the party was prepared to go to court with clear evidence of electoral fraud allegedly committed by the APC. He also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review the outcome of the elections, which he said fell below the expectations of the people. He claimed that the PDP's candidate, Dr Ifeanyi Odii, was duly elected by a majority of the lawful votes cast in the election for the office of the Governor of Ebonyi State.

Nworie also cited examples of violence and intimidation of PDP supporters during the election. He said the chairman of PDP in the Ezza North local government area was murdered by elements believed to be APC thugs on election day, while a PDP agent was shot dead in similar circumstances in Onicha Igboeze.

The PDP chairman claimed that the governorship election in Ebonyi State was marred by irregularities and unlawful management and dispositions of the umpire, rendering the election unacceptable and void as it lacked substantial compliance with the Electoral Act 2022, the electoral guidelines, and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.

He added that the declaration of any other candidate instead of Dr Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii was of no effect whatsoever and that the results in their possession indicated otherwise. The PDP chief said the party was determined to prove that Dr Odii scored the highest number of valid votes cast at the election and not less than one-quarter of the votes cast at the election in each of at least two-thirds of all the local governments in the state, and therefore, he ought to be declared and returned as the winner of the governorship election.

Nworie also expressed concern over the arrest and detention of many supporters of the party by security agencies in the state and called for their unconditional release. He appealed to the people of the state to remain calm and assured them that the mandate they had given to Dr Odii but was stolen, would certainly be recovered.

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