LG Election In Cross River State Monumental Fraud – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Cross River State chapter has rejected the end result of final weekend’s native authorities council elections describing it as a “monumental fraud by no means earlier than witnessed within the state.”

The elections have been held on Saturday and the All Progressives Congress, which guidelines the state, was declared the winner of the 18 LG Chairmen and 196 councillor seats within the state.

The election was condemned over allegations that some law enforcement officials seized some electoral supplies from some polling models to a resort for manipulation.

The police authority within the state has vowed to punish the officers concerned because it has launched an investigation.

Arising from that, the chairman of the PDP within the state, Venatius Ikem, in an announcement, mentioned, “We state boldly that by no means within the political historical past of Cross River State have the citizens witnessed this sort of monumental electoral fraud perpetrated on Saturday.”

He lamented that the PDP had underestimated the “charade” that the electoral umpire was organising within the title of the native authorities election.

The social gathering alleged that the ruling social gathering, utilizing the state impartial electoral fee, intentionally hoarded and diverted election supplies meant for the elections within the state to facilitate large rigging.

He claimed that, “Verified stories obtained from our brokers and impartial observers pinpointed a well-orchestrated rigging plan, which included the diversion of election supplies, the late arrival of inadequate poll papers with out commonplace serial numbers, and lacking outcome sheets.

“Additionally, at most polling models, CROSIEC official stamps weren’t offered for the presiding officers to stamp the poll papers after appending their signatures for authentication, as required by legislation.”

Particularly, he mentioned “in Calabar South, Municipality, Obudu, Abi, and Obubra particularly, election supplies meant for your entire native governments have been diverted to the homes of APC stalwarts, the place thumb printing was overtly carried out.”

“As an illustration, in Obudu, no single election materials was issued to anybody besides the APC, which took custody and carted them away to the Army School in Bedia, the place troopers cordoned off everybody besides APC members.

“Once more, in Obanliku and Bekwarra native authorities areas, the place poll papers have been distributed, no single outcome sheet accompanied them, and outcomes have been written on peculiar papers.”

Whereas condemning the conduct of the election, the PDP urged its all “members to stay calm and peaceable, because the social gathering shall pursue the end result in a reliable courtroom of legislation.

“It’s excessive time we put an finish to makes an attempt to deprive the residents of their reputable rights to elect who leads them on the native authorities degree,” he added within the assertion.