Imo LG poll: Election didn’t hold in Aboh Mbaise — APGA candidate, Amuchie

The standard-bearer of the All Progressive People Alliance (APGA) in the just concluded Imo State local government election, Peter Otuechere Amuchie, has reacted to the conduct of the poll. 

Tribune Online reports that the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC) earlier disclosed that elections may not hold in Onuimo, Okigwe and Orsu local government areas of the state, due to insecurity. 

Reacting to the conduct of Saturday’s poll, the APGA chairmanship candidate revealed that no election was conducted in Aboh Mbaise local government area.

Amuchie said, “There was no election in Aboh Mbaise, as far as Aboh People are concerned.”

Continuing, he explained that neither election material nor any ad-hoc officer of ISIEC was spotted in any of the polling units visited across the local government.

“As at 8:00 am, up till 8pm on Saturday, the 21st day of September 2024, no election material was spotted in any of the polling units in Aboh Mbaise. No Ad-hoc officer was on ground, no list of Adhoc officers was published. We went round the polling units in Aboh Mbaise and couldn’t spot any electoral officer or materials. 

“This is a display of shame, negligence to the rule of law and the people, undemocratic, a slap on the face of Mbaise stakeholders and Imo state at large. We, as the people, must stand up against tyranny and uphold democracy,” Amuchie stated.

Meanwhile, our correspondent who monitored the Imo State local council election on Saturday, 21st September, 2024, reported that late arrival of materials and voter apathy marred the process.

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