Joel-Onowakpo calls on INEC, relevant authorities to investigate irregularities in NASS election vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
According to Joel-Onowakpo, following the irregularities over 41,000 eligible voters were denied the opportunity to choose who to represent them in the green chamber during the national Assembly election in Isoko federal constituency, saying that the abuse of law should be addressed and bring the perpetrators of “this heinous crime to book and be punished adequately, while the anomaly should be corrected.
“Based on the report from Election Observers and agents of our political party, election ballot papers and results sheets were not supplied to Olomoro Ward 6, which denied 11,033 eligible voters the opportunity to choose their Representative. Similarly, in Umeh/Erowha Ward which was clearly won by Joel-Onowakpo Thomas, the APC Candidate, was cancelled with another 6044 voters disenfranchised.
“Consequent upon the above activities, over 41,000 eligible voters were denied the opportunity to choose who to represent them. We are yet to understand how a heavily rigged election with about 11,000 winning margin can be termed as a successful election, when there are over 41,000 votes that are outstanding.
“We also wish to call on the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to use his good offices to correct this anomaly, which should not allow a thief to hide behind legal processes. We wish to appeal to our supporters to remain calm, while we explore every available measure to reclaim our mandate.”, the statement concluded.
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