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The Rigging Of April 9th 2011 Election By Pdp, Inec And Ikedi Ohakim In Imo Stat by bb2011imo: 5:48pm On Apr 20, 2011 |
The April 9th 2011 election has come and gone but its reverberating effect in Imo State will continue for a very long time because the common will of the people have been short changed. It should be recalled that on the 22rd of March 2011, this writer Citizen Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha did an expose on how INEC PDP and Ikedi Ohakim planned to rig the election in Imo State. It was entitled ‘’As INEC CONCLUDES PLANS TO RIG ELECTION IN IMO STATE FOR IKEDI OHAKIM’’ (please see attached). This was published in several Newspapers, Magazines and On-line News agencies. Also this writer did a follow up on the 7th of April 2011. (Please see attached). It was also published in many Newspapers, magazines and on-line agencies. It is equally important to note that apart from the fact that Professor (Mrs.) Selina Okoh the state INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner and the State INEC Administrative Secretary are very corrupt people who assisted in rigging the April 9th 2011 election for PDP. It should be noted that the appointment of Professor Celestine O.E Onwuliri, the Vice-chancellor of the Federal University of Technology (FUTO) and Husband of the Deputy Governorship candidate of PDP as the state Returning Officer for governorship and presidential elections is an indictment on Professor Attahiru Jega. This information of appointment of Professor Celestine Onwuliri as the State Returning Officer is contained in a letter date April 1 2011 and addressed to the resident electoral commissioner INEC Imo State (Prof Selina Okoh) with reference number INEC/CH/ROE/VOL.I and signed by Professor Attahiru Jega himself. Despite opposition to the appointment of professor Celestine Onwuliri as the State Returning Officer, Professor Attahiru Jega still refused to change him as at 12th April 2011. Apart from that, many FUTO lecturers have been appointed as local government returning officers. Also lecturers of Federal Polytechnic Nekede are local government returning officers. The rector of the polytechnic is the wife of current commissioner for education in Imo State, Professor Jude Njoku. It is therefore very obvious that there is a clear conspiracy to ruthlessly rig the on-going election for Imo PDP as it happened on the 9th of April which was that of the National Assembly Election Day. Let me use the April 9th election to prove that there in indeed a conspiracy among INEC officials, PDP and Ikedi Ohakim to rig the election. Using Owerri Municipal as a test case, election materials were distributed late. In ALADINMA WARD I in Owerri Municipal, election in Booth 001 was cancelled by residents of the ward because it was discovered that all the 668 voter- registered people in that booth do not live in the ward and are unknown people. The same fake voter’s registration happened in so many wards in the State. In Ohaji/Egbema, the speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Mr Goodluck Nana Opia used Lorry loads of armed men to intimidate, harass and disperse voters. Ballot boxes were then carried under the watchful eyes of police officers. In Ohaji L.G.A, results announced by INEC were far above the registered number of voters. In Oru West L.G.A, the former secretary to the state government Mr. Ignatius Umunna was seen snatching ballot boxes with his armed boys. He took the ballot boxes with to his house and thumb printing started. In MBUTU WARD, ABOH MBAISE, the following happened. 1 At Isiala town hall (001 unit), there were no voting and no result because of gunshots that scared voters away and Armed thugs employed by “Hon”. Emeka Ihedioha the PDP candidate carted away all the electoral materials including ballot papers and result sheets. 2. At town school Mbutu (010 unit), there were no voting and no result because the ACN agents were kidnapped by Armed thugs and so the voters ran away for fear of their lives. 3. At Ubaha hall polling booths, no results were declared because the ballot boxes were carted away by armed thugs employed by the PDP candidate. The booths are 016 and 018 units. 4. At Ihetteoha hall polling booths, no results were declared because the ballot boxes were also made away with by armed thugs employed by the same PDP candidate. The units are 011 and 012. etc. The major reason why the above elaborated situation successfully took place in these booths are as follows 1. Thugs armed to the teeth and wearing all forms uniform employed by “Hon”. Emeka Ihedioha were deployed to these booths in various vehicles and they went from one booth to the other carting away all election materials. 2. Many party agents apart from PDP agents were either abducted or assaulted. As a consequence of these acts of the thuggery and violence on party agents and the disruption of normal voting exercise, “Hon”. Emeka Ihedioha and his armed boys took away all the election materials to their “safe heavens”. There, they fabricated results. Indeed, no accreditation, no voting, no counting of votes and no results entered in any of these booths in Mbutu ward. No wonder it is only the PDP agents alone signed the ward result sheets. However, at the Aboh Mbaise INEC office, results appeared from no where and the Returning Officer accepted them despite objections from other party agents. Consequently the results were used in determining the outcome of the election. The case of Isi –ala Mbano local government area that of desperado. Both Mr. Ikedi Ohakim and the PDP candidate for Okigwe North Federal Constituency Mr. Chikwem Onuoha were openly seen instructing ward returning officers to manipulate results. Also Ikedi Ohakim openly contravened the electoral act by moving from one local government to another in his long convey of vehicles and with over fifty armed police men. Ikedi Ohakim visited Nwangele L.G.A twice. He visited Mbaitolu L.G.A once. He visited Ikeduru L.G.A once. He also visited Onuimo and Isu L.G.A. He specifically visited six wards in Isi-ala Mbano L.G.A. This is purely against the electoral act. The case of Mr. Chikwem Onuoha in a pure electoral fraud. Mr.Chikwem Onuoha connived with Ikedi Ohakim and rigged the OSUAMA ANARA ward election by forcing the ward returning officers to change the figures at the ward collation center. Chikwem Onuoha was also involved in ballot box snatching and confiscation of election materials. He used his personal vehicles for this purpose. Please see attached pictures. He moved about with over ten armed police men and thugs at OSU-OWERRE Ward I which happened to be Ikedi Ohakim’s ward Chikwem Onuoha was seen at the collation centre influencing the returning officers to inflate figures for PDP. When news of what Chikwem Onuoha was doing spread throughout ISI-ALA Mbano L.G.A, youths of the local government came out in anger to confront and resist his anti-electoral act behavior. The ISI-ALA Mbano youths numbering in their hundreds led by one Mr. Ben Uwakwe popularly called “OBELEUGWU” finally caught Chikwem Onuoha at OSU-OWERRE Ward II (UMU-ICHI Centre) doing the same manipulation of election centre. So they descended on him and beat the “electoral fraud” out of him. He was beaten at the OSU-OWERRE Ward II collation centre located at UMU-ICHI. The pictures of his vehicles used to snatch electoral materials were also taken. Toyota corolla saloon car with registration number “Lagos EE 571EKY. Please see attached pictures. It is worthy to note that Chikwem Onuoha’s opponents in the Okigwe North Federal Constituency election did not cause havoc, violence and electoral fraud in their respective local governments. For the records, Okigwe North Federal Constituency is made up of three local government areas, namely 1. ISI-ALA MBANO 2. ONUIMO L.G.A 3. OKIGWE L.G.A. Both the ACN and APGA candidate did not cause problems in their Okigwe local government during the National Assembly elections. The CPC candidate did not cause any problem in Onuimo local government. It therefore means that the ACN, APGA and CPC candidates conducted themselves in accordance with the electoral act. The question now is, why should Mr. Chikwem Onuoha who is the PDP candidate contravene the electoral act by moving from one polling unit to another polling unit manipulating figures of votes cast?. It should be noted that after Chikwem Onuoha was beaten up by the youths, he was stripped to his pants. He was therefore taken to ISI-ALA Mbano police station where he personally made useful statements confirming that he was caught by the youths manipulating figures of the results. Mr.BEN UWAKWE (alias OBELEUGWU) who led the youths also made useful statements confirming that Chikwem Onuoha attested to the Commissioner of police that he was caught by the youths when he was manipulating results in ISI-ALA Mbano local government area. One therefore expects the INEC to disqualify Chikwem Onuoha from further participating in elections. The INEC should also cancel the results of Isi-ala Mbano L.G.A and uphold the results of the other two local governments namely 1. ONUIMO L.G.A 2. OKIGWE L.G.A. It is a shameful thing that Chikwem Onuoha moved about with armed police men causing trouble and electoral fraud without the INEC calling him to order. His partner in electoral crime and man-Friday MR JUDE EGBULEZE from UMUEGBE village in ISI-ALA MBANO L.G.A was also seen carrying ballot boxes at OSU-ACHARA WARD with his TOYOTA AVLON saloon car with registration number “LAGOS CX 852 LSD. (please see attached). He was assisted by armed men. Unfortunately, results of ISI-ALA Mbano L.G.A for the National Assembly election have been accepted by INEC despite objections. In Oguta L.G.A, ballot boxes were snatched in most voting centres by armed thugs loyal to Ikedi Ohakim led PDP government in Imo State. Thumb printing of ballot papers took place at the residence of a notorious politician in Oguta called OPENE. In Ehime Mbano L.G.A, thumb printing of ballot papers took place at the residences of (1) Barr. Evang. Jerry Egemba (Umumu ward 6), (2) Chief Zeek Martins Nnadozie (Nsu ward) (3) Chief Aloy Iwunze (Umumuno ward 4) (4) Chief Dimaku (Agbaja ward) (5) Chief Amajuoyi Nzerem (Ikpem ward) (6) Chief Tony Chukwu (Umueze ward I) In Nkwere L.G.A, the special Assistant to Ikedi Ohakim on political matters Mr Rex Anunobi was seen personally carrying ballot boxes, he moved about with soldiers and policemen. He used his house in Nkwerre village and that of the palace of ESHI of NKWERRE (HRH Eze Dr. Chijioke Okwara) as the thumb printing centre. Clearly, in the just concluded National Assembly election, APGA won the Senatorial seat in Owerri Zone while ACN won the Senatorial seats in Okigwe Zone and Orlu Zone. But INEC officials as represented by Professor Selina Okoh, PDP officials, and Ikedi Ohakim rigged the election and inflated outrageous figures for PDP as if the party is on ground in the state. One therefore expects the people of Imo people to troop out enmasse to peacefully demonstrate against the shameless rigging of the National Assembly elections which took place on the 9th of April 2011. This is to give a clear signal that the on –coming governorship election which will take place on the 26th of April 2011 will never be allowed to be rigged by the good people of Imo State. The time to do so is now. With all this evidence and with help of a friend working at BBC this information has been forwarded to them and has been published on there website
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Re: The Rigging Of April 9th 2011 Election By Pdp, Inec And Ikedi Ohakim In Imo Stat by Odunnu: 6:52pm On Apr 20, 2011 |
Was the April 16th election rigged as well? |
Re: The Rigging Of April 9th 2011 Election By Pdp, Inec And Ikedi Ohakim In Imo Stat by soldee: 10:39pm On Apr 20, 2011 |
@Odunnu what you should ask is: Were the same 'Actors' in charge on April 16th? |
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