The result of African Democratic Congress (ADC) Abia State governorship primaries that held at Kolpin Society in Umuahia on Saturday 4th June 2022 has been rejected by Mr. Otisi Ebitu Ukiwe one of the frontline aspirants in the election.
Recall that Bishop Sunday Onuoha was declared the winner of the primary election after polling 330 votes with Otisi Ebitu Ukiwe getting 160 votes even though Otisi’s agents and some supporters pulled out of the election before the counting process started.
During the primary election, Otisi Ebitu Ukiwe’s agent raised concerned about the delegate list, lack of identification of the delegates by Local Government Chairmen and disenfranchisement of some delegates.
While reacting to the election, Otisi described the process as unimaginable and further stated that the process observed during the primary election was opposite to what the guideline stipulated.
He revealed that what happened during the ADC gubernatorial primaries revealed that the party ab initio does not have the intension to run a free and fair or any credible election in Abia State.
Otisi went further to state that he would have been satisfied if he was the only one affected by this, but that the ADC LGA chairmen, women leaders, youth leaders and other officers in the party in Abia State are not happy with what happened.
When he was pressed further to state what the issues are, he alleged that the LGA Chairmen of the party were not able to recognize most of the delegates that appeared to vote. He also alleged that the real delegates were pushed aside while other non-delegates went in and replaced them.
He assured his supporters that they will seek redress on the issue as they are already preparing a petition to forward to the leadership of the party.
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