In this press release made available to AFN and signed by IPAC Abia State chairman. Rev. Augustine Ehiemere, they alleged that INEC Abia State are deliberately favouring unpopular candidates like Honorable Uzo Abubuike against popular candidates like Honorable Prestige Ossy.

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PRESS RELEASE: INTER-PARTY ADVISORY COUNCIL                           

                                                     

We call the attention of all well-meaning Abian’s and Nigerians in general to the partisanship of Abia State INEC in the concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections held last Saturday 23rd February 2019.

IPAC Abia State expresses great displeasure at the withholding of Election results in Abia South Senatorial Zone and Aba North and South Federal Constituency in particular.

We are equally appalled by INEC’s position on a petition purportedly written by Bar. Uzor Azubuike of PDP to withhold results collated, signed and copies given to party agents, security agencies, even when there was no court injunction restraining INEC from announcing and declaring these results. Meanwhile the returning officer has now assumed the position of the court.

Similarly, in Arochukwu LGA, over 60 units were cancelled and election results declared in favor of Orji Uzor Kalu of APC while in just 2 units in Aba South and North, INEC in collaboration with the PDP are strategizing ways of expanding the two[2] units to 85 units in Aba North and South to favor Barr Uzor Azubuike, the candidate of PDP.

IPAC has uncovered a grand plan by Uzor Azubuike in collaboration with INEC officials to distribute uncollected PVC’s illegally acquired for the purported rerun.

1. IPAC is also aware of the grand plans by Abia State INEC REC and EOS to remove ward collection centers to Local Govt. Areas to enable them achieve their aim of favoring their preferred party.
2. The purposed rerun of the election of Aba North and South Federal Constituency was shielded in secrecy from other political parties but was revealed to the People’s Democratic Party[PDP].

3.INEC calls foe a rerun is allien to Abians and to IPAC because elections were already concluded, results sheets signed by Party Agents, including PDP agents, observers and security agents.

4. IPAC is aware that the only basis for a rerun to take place is only when there is incidence of irregularities, ballot boxes snatching, natural disasters which is not obtainable in the case of Aba North and South Federal Constituency.
5. IPAC has equally discovered that REC, Abia state has decided to favor the unpopular candidate of the PDP, Hon Uzor Azubuike by calling for a rerun of already concluded elections.
6. We are therefore bringing the general public, the notice of these abnormally that may truncate the will of the people.
7. It’s on record that the final result of the election was captured in the INEC form EC 8 D[II] and was signed by the agents of the participating political parties who received duplicate original copies, to wit,
8. Hon. Prestige Ossy [APGA] 15,040
9. Hon. Uzor Azubuike [PDP] 9,556
10. Mascot Uzor Kalu [APC]
11. We expect Abia INEC to remain neutral in all their dealings in order not to truncate the wishes of the people of Abia before, during and after election.
12. IPAC, therefore request the Abia REC without further delay, to immediately announce and declare the results and winners of the affected constituencies in Abia South.