The governor’s spokesperson says the allegation is false.
The campaign council of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Abia State says the party has uncovered a plot by the state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, to rig the 18 March elections in the state., is the APGA’s governorship candidate in the state.
The campaign spokesperson said the party spotted a text message which “expressly mentioned” a personal assistant to the governor and indigene of Obingwa West Local Government Area being directed to oversee the INEC officials’ “welfare”. He said the text message also indicated that an unnamed presiding officer and assistant presiding officer were invited for a meeting on Wednesday at the lodge of the chief of staff for a proper “orientation on how to deceive voters.”
“So, how can we now be controlling and colluding with an agency of the federal government to rig an election that is holding this Saturday?” Mr Ememanka told PREMIUM TIMES.
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