Anambra 2021: Obiano Rejects Storage Of INEC Materials In Imo

Governor Willie Obiano has stated his celebration, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the individuals of the state, will reject the choice of the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) to make use of its facility in Owerri, the Imo State capital, for storage of non-sensitive supplies meant for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State.

INEC by its nationwide chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, had introduced that the fee would use INEC workplace within the Imo State capital metropolis to arrange motion of non-sensitive supplies for the Anambra governorship election, citing the destruction of INEC workplace in Anambra as its purpose.

However in a chat with newsmen in Awka, yesterday, the Governor, who spoke by his Particular Adviser on Political Issues, Ifeatu Obiokoye, stated INEC has to reverse its determination, or face robust resistance as, based on him, the concept was put in place to rig the polls in favour of a selected political celebration.

“Past the problem of storing INEC supplies meant for Anambra election in APC state, Imo, there was a letter we despatched out expressing our rejection of Owerri or every other APC state involving actively within the Anambra election. What knowledgeable the letter was the hearsay that some ad-hoc workers and returning officers for the Anambra election are being recruited from the Imo State College. Within the subsequent few days, all of the political events collaborating within the Anambra election, besides APC, will signal the communiqué, which shall be forwarded to INEC. The letter will state our determination that we, as individuals and all of the political events, besides APC, will reject any ad-hoc workers recruited from Imo State, specifically, and customarily, from any APC state.

“For us, this situation of retaining the delicate materials in INEC workplace in Imo is completely unacceptable as a result of, it now conforms with our earlier need to write down that we might don’t have anything to do with the Imo State constructions, Imo personnel, and certainly, any APC state, for the needs of election in Anambra. There are different states nearer to Anambra, together with Delta and Enugu; if what they’re claiming is right.

“Let me additionally inform INEC that we’ve had this type of scenario up to now, the place delicate supplies had been saved within the central financial institution in that state. It has occurred earlier than in Enugu State. These delicate supplies had been saved within the CBN, and had been certainly, distributed from the central financial institution in Enugu. We’ve got a central financial institution in Anambra State. If the explanation they’re giving is right, these supplies could possibly be saved on the central financial institution right here, and be distributed from there.

“It is usually curious to notice that for greater than 4 months, after INEC workplace was destroyed in Anambra, this matter is coming to the general public area for the primary time. It’s mischievous; it doesn’t make sense! What we heard from INEC was that non delicate supplies had been destroyed. We had been by no means advised that delicate construction that can maintain the method of the election was ever affected by that assault. We reject it, and also will ensure that we resist it.

“Until INEC don’t intend to conduct election on the sixth of November, the individuals of Anambra State will reject any transfer to rig the election. No person; I imply no one, ought to ever play games with Anambra State. INEC, by that announcement, do not likely wish to maintain it on the INEC workplace. They really wish to function from Governor Uzodimma’s bed room. They wish to recruit returning officers from Imo, and likewise write the unique end result sheets within the state. So, in the event that they reach working from Imo, coming to Anambra to conduct election shall be mere formality,” Obiano averred.