ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and the Labour Party (LP) in Enugu State have stormed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office on Monday, to protest over the governorship election.
The coordinator of the presidential campaign of the Labour Party in Enugu state Prince Emeka Mamah, asked INEC to cancel Enugu East election over alleged over voting and declared LP gubernatorial candidate, Chijioke Edeoga winner
While Director, PDP Support Groups for Peter Mbah, Rt. Hon. USA Igwesi alleged massive rigging in Nsukka and also called on INEC to declare PDP candidate Peter Mbah the winner having scored the highest number of votes in the election.
He said: “We will not take this, INEC should declare Mbah winner and anybody that is aggrieved is free to go to court.
“All we are saying is to give Peter Mba his mandate. We won the election so INEC should declare us winner.
“It’s A very simple matter, unless Inec have another agenda. A winner has emerge, they need to announce Mbah winner this morning.”
On his part, Emeka Mamah, a former commissioner under the PDP led administration, urged INEC to look into alleged irregularities at Nkanu East Local Government.
Mamah claimed that BIVAS was not used to conduct election at Nkanu East Local Government.
The former Commissioner also claimed that there was over voting in the area, saying that the results declared were not real results.
While insisting that despite all the alleged manipulations, their candiadate won the election, Mamah therefore urged INEC to look into their complaints and do the needful.
Meanwhile, some of the supporters of Mr Peter Mbah of the PDP, were seen chanting and making demand for the declaration of the results from the Nkanu East Local Government Area, which had been suspended due to over-voting.
They also demanded that the party’s governorship candidate, Mbah, should be declared the winner of the state’s governorship election.
The protesters could be heard singing: “All we are saying, give us Peter,” while holding banners of Mbah’s election campaign.
As of the time of filling this report, the protesters vowed to continue with the protest until INEC officials do the needful.