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The Imo State governorship election, the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Labour Party, LP), Senators Samuel Anyanwu and Athan Achonu, staged a walkout at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission .The candidates had expressed their concerns to INEC, demanding the redeployment of the state Resident Electoral , Professor Sylva Agu.
Tuesday’s meeting was part of INEC’s interactions with the governorship candidates, security agencies, the media, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders ahead of the November 11 poll. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, was represented by the National Commissioner representing the southeast, Kenneth Ukeagu.
After Ukeagu ordered journalists to turn off their cameras and gadgets and leave the hall, LP’s deputy governorship candidate, Mr Tony Nwulu, and that of PDP, Jones Onyereri, who represented their flagbearers, and other officials of the opposition political parties vehemently opposed the directive.Nwulu alleged that there were plans by INEC to rig the election in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state, wondering if the meeting was “a secret cult affair.
Speaking in support of Nwulu, Onyereri displayed copies of documents he described as fake result sheets posted on the INEC portal during the House of Assembly election in the state.Armed robbers attack home of Neymar’s girlfriend Bruna BiancardiArmed robbers attack home of Neymar’s girlfriend Bruna Biancardi
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