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*By lfeanyi Ndukwe, Onitsha

A civil society organisation, The Foundation of Movement for Good Governance (FMGG) in a press briefing has alleged an electionary manipulation in an online polls by a highly placed senatorial candidate in the Anambra North zone.

In his address, the Director, Anambra state chapter,Dr Chuks Ogogor Patrick noted that the organisation is non-political, and exists in 13 states of the federation. According to him, its roles is simply burdened with monitoring and appraisal of the current 2023 political activities. The fundamental objective of FMGG is to monitor,sensitize and advocate transparency in making of government policies and governance.


He said the webpage, Nigerians Decides.com, 1615 L ST NW,suit 800,Washington, DC 20036 came up with the initiative of "Nigeria Decide",a free opinion poll primarily to xray and give imaginary projection of the likely outcome of General Elections in Nigeria 2023.

He noted that the democratic poll was manipulated by a highly placed individual in Anambra North with the aid of a vote bots ( voting robot ) to aim a lead in voting opinion.

At about 10:30pm Thursday 29 December, 2022,Senator Stella Oduah who ranked 2,946 votes incredibly rised to 4,600 votes within a few minutes.

Ogogor noted that an online polls are trial elections to anticipate how Nigerians will conduct theirselves during the main elections. He said it takes one to know what a person can do from the little trials they might cross paths with. If the said Senator, Princess Stella Oduah could rig the online polls, she might as well have a bigger plan on how to rig the upcoming elections.

Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in December had alleged an attack targeted on the BVAS machine by unscrupulous politicians. However, he assured Nigerians of a free and fair elections.

On that note, Ogogor stated that the online reports should be verified and ensure that such candidate should be disqualified in the democratic polls to ensure transparency and credibility in the elections for the unity and progress of the nation.