The Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State, Barr. Chijioke Edeoga has raised the alarm of alleged plans by the Peoples Democratic Party
in Enugu State, to use armed thugs to frustrate efforts at free and fair Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the State.
He said if urgent steps were not taken to arrest the thugs that have allegedly imported in the state to destabilise the elections, those he accused of trying to steal the elections are determined to make the voting process a bloody process. Going into specifics, the Labour Party Governorship candidate, said the areas allegedly being targeted include Isi Uzo, Uzo Uwani, Igbo Eze North, Igbo Eze South and Udenu Local council areas and some parts of the state capital, urged the security agencies to take steps to protect the integrity of the elections.
“We have it on good authority that the plans by these enemies of the state, is to strategically target many of the rural communities in the state, where, our intelligence has informed, disruption of voting and/or frustration of collation of results is their core objective.
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