A group under the aegis of National Youth Alliance, NYA, Imo State chapter has described the just concluded Local Government election Imo State as a charade and slap on democracy.
The group in a press statement by its State coordinator, Chinonso Uba, alleged that the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission, ISIEC, connived with the ruling APC to truncate the exercise, accusing the Commission of depriving the electorate from exercising their franchise.
The organization further alleged that electoral materials were selectively distributed, adding that ISIEC staff did not show up in some of the council areas but that results emanated from those places.
According to the body, over 250 wards were starved of electoral materials which he said deprived many people from voting.
“Voting materials such as ballot boxes, result sheets arrived as late as 3pm. In most areas, ISIEC never showed up and many voters were disenfranchised,” the group stated.
All Progressives Congress, APC, cleared all the 27 local government chairmanship and 305 councillorship seats according to the results declared by the chairman of the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC), Charles Ejiogu, who officially announced them at the Commission’s Secretariat in Owerri, the State capital.
