The opposition All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) agent for the collation and declaration of the governorship election in Ebonyi, Sen. Emmanuel Onwe, Monday refused to sign the election’s result sheet.
An aggrieved Onwe, stormed out of INEC collation centre Abakaliki, the state capital over perceived irregularities as some agents of other political parties, also refused to sign the document.
Onwe said before the walkout that the election, which produced Chief Francis Nwifuru of APC as the winner, was a sham.
The party’s candidate in the February 25 senatorial election for Ebonyi South District, said that the result uploaded on the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IREV) before the result’s declaration was 188, 649.
“The INEC state Returning Officer, however, announced that APC polled a total 199, 131 votes; so how does one reconcile the difference?.”
He noted that he had unfortunately witnessed the “dark, sad procession to the death of democracy” in the state.
“I can no longer be part of this sham and disgraceful stab on democracy in the state.
“I cannot participate further in this charade and therefore will not sign the result sheet,” he said.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ebonyi, Pauline Onyeka, confirmed publicly that she was threatened in the course of the elections.
“I will not because threats to me refuse to tell the truth.
“I have no right to cancel or alter results and did not assist anybody, irrespective of the threats,” she said.
She urged aggrieved persons to challenge the outcome of the election in court if they were not comfortable with it.
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