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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been urged to live up to expectations as the commission would be held totally responsible for any lapses that could prevent free, fair and credible supplementary election in Mbaitoli/Ikeduru federal constituency on Saturda
The Labour Party candidate for supplementary election in Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State, Uche Ogbuagu, maintained that the reports he gathered indicated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had concluded plans to rig the election with connivance of security agencies and intimidation.
Disclosing this yesterday during a press conference at his country home at Akabo community in the Ikeduru Local Government Area, Ogbuagu alleged that the APC candidate, Akarachi Amadi and his father, Charles Amadi had perfected plans to manipulate the election.
He said that he had evidences of how the APC members had concluded plans to use thugs as well as the dreaded Ebubeagu unconventional security outfit to rig the election.
Ogbuagu said that the petitions he had earlier sent to the police and Department of Security Services had not been attended to after about one month.
According to him, only a transparent election would be accepted by the people of the federal constituency.
He said “it is very appalling that a reign of terror was unleashed on the innocent indigenes of the two Local Government Councils of Mbaitoli and Ikeduru, by a self acclaimed 'Operational Leader' Charles Amadi and his cohorts.
"Such brazen show of force was championed by their Ebubeagu group in concert with other cult groups in their pay roll.
“While their evil plans keep failing, they have continued unabated with their desperate satanic plots to eliminate me and family, to frame me up with everything possible at their disposal, including but not limited to conniving with armed cultists and bandits, prison escapees, to plant guns in my house and raising false alarm for my arrest and Conviction over a crime that I know nothing about.
“But God has been exposing them even through those they contracted for such heinous plots.
"Some of the expositions made by the cohorts of this operational leader were, smartly captured in video and pictorial modes and we have them as in controvertible proof.
“From the video excerpts, you will see and hear from those, who have either been bribed to kill me, kidnap me and or frame me up. All by one man, Charles Amadi, who calls himself operational leader and lately, 'Jagaban' of Mbaike politics.
“But as God may have it, they came on their own volition to make very startling revelations. One of such person was a guy who was used to distribute all manner of guns to the youths of Mbaike for election thuggery of February 25, 2023, but when they failed in the election, they pounced on him to recover both their arms/monies paid to him and his boys.
“One Moses Ubochi, was quoted as leader of the cult group of the operational leader’s killer gang. He personally led the kidnap of the young man to the bush, where they dismembered his limbs.
”The young man gave his name as Obiyor Egbusiri. But for the intervention of hunters who rescued him from where he was tied in the bush, he would have been a dead man by now. He is currently battling the situation even now.
"Most recently, exactly 48 hours ago, their newest poly to rubbish my hard-earned reputation through the social media by associating my person with occultic practices filled the media space. But It is heartwarming to note that my relationship with God is in not doubt at all and has not been hidden.
“Therefore, as a true lover of God and humanity, I strongly believe that this one will also fail like pack of cards.
“Why LGA Sole Administrators Mbaitoli and Ikeduru should choose to be in their Local Government Admin offices on Saturday’s election days, inviting and attending to visitors, mostly APC members who are desperate and interested parties in the elections, thereby using their offices as armory, cash dispensary room for their INEC cohorts and result collation desks," he stated.
In his reaction, the spokesperson for the APC candidate, Darlington Irobi, also accused the LP candidate and his people for being the ones trying to rig the election.
He said that his principal and all APC members and supporters were busy campaigning ahead of this weekend’s primary election.
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