Lucky Obukohwo Reporting
The Labour Party (LP), in Oredo and Ikpoba Okha Local Government Areas of Edo State have pulled out of the ongoing Local Government Councils election, alleging irregularities.
The members of the party in Oredo and Ikpoba Okha Local Government Areas protested to the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State council to state their grievances.
Speaking, the Ikpoba Okha Local Government Chairman of the party, Jeffery Scott Emuakpor, Enomayor Paul Adewumi, Oredo Local Government chairman of the party and Osamudiamen Eghaghe, candidate for Ikpoba Okha, alleged that election materials were not evenly distributed adding that areas where the party was having sway, materials did not get there.
They alleged that the party was intimidated and harassed by the local vigilant group at the various voting centres.
They said, based on the harassment, the party has asked its agents, chairmanship candidates and councilors to pull out of the ongoing Councils election, stressing that the whole exercise was a sham.
They however called on the federal government to henceforth allow INEC to be the sole body saddled with the responsibility of conducting all local government election in the country to avoid it being hijacked by the state government.