The All Progressives Congress
(APC) in Bayelsa State has demanded a cancellation of the recently held
Presidential and National Assembly Elections in the state.
The
party based their demands on widespread irregularities in the conduct
of the polls which it described as heavily compromised.
The Bayelsa APC made the allegations via a statement released by Chairman, Tiwei Orunimighe.
The statement reads:
"Specifically, our party agents were intimidated and voters scared away by gunshots fired by the armed and security forces.”
“In
Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area, Hon. Tariprebo Moses Aketi, APC
candidate for KOLGA Constituency 1, and Campaign Manager, Imomoemi
Odiowei, were arrested.”
“In Nembe Local
Government Area, Mini and Ikensi Wards, soldiers using two new gunboats
chased out APC agents, seized all the electoral materials and took them
to the residence of a former Speaker of the Bayelsa Sate House of
Assembly, Hon. Ayebaesin Edeoghotu.”
“In the same
local government, results of four units in Oluasiri Ward 13 were
hijacked by men in police uniform. In Southern Ijaw Local Government
Area, Ward 17, electoral materials were taken to the houses of PDP
chieftains and collated after agents of others political parties were
chased away by security agents.”
“In Brass Local Government Area, our party men saw one PDP agent openly thumb-printing over 100 ballot papers for his party.”
The Bayelsa also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to nullify the elections and fix fresh polls on a new date.
President Goodluck Jonathan, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, is an indigene of Bayelsa and is expected to win a landslide victory in the state.
SOURCE: PULSE.NG
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