Protests Erupt at Ikenegbu Girls Polling Unit in the Owerri municipal council as Trained BVAS Officers were replaced.
This development caused an uproar as the Labour Party said it was the electoral umpire’s plan to rig the election in the favour of APC.
Mr. Madu, Labour Party Member, Expresses Surprise Over Last-Minute Replacement of Deployed Personnel, stating that the Pu personnel already deployed to the voting centre were changed this morning.
When contacted, the Spokesperson for the Labour Party’s governorship candidate, Chibuikem Diala, said that INEC was doing the same thing in all parts of the state.
He says that the campaign organization had discovered that the actual PU officers already trained by INEC were dropped at the dying minute and people who didn’t take part in the INEC’s training were being deployed to conduct the election.
He stated, “The purpose is to either generate a fake result or frustrate the voting process in specific areas where the riggers do not have a strong presence. This is shameful and devilish.
“All party agents in every booth and ward, as well as voters, should hold the ‘RATHEC Team responsible, not the POs, wherever BVAs password is wrong because it has been compromised. We also urge all POs to escalate this criminality wherever it is found.
“The agents and indeed all Imo Voters must resist this and insist that the proper thing is done.
“We vehemently condemn this evil plot and call on the INEC Commissioners we have been told were seconded to the state to ensure a free, fair, and smooth exercise to forestall this, as the opposition parties can never accept it.
“We request that the head of the RATECH team in Owerri Federal Constituency and indeed all other LGAs should be cautioned before they discredit a process that is meant to yield positive outcomes.
“We also charge security operatives to ensure that compromised INEC staff do not create a crisis during this electoral exercise.”