… IKENGA IMO UGOCHINYERE BLAMES DESPERATION OF NATIONAL SECRETARY TO HIJACK IMO AD HOC LIST OF BEING THE SOLE REASON IMO NATIONAL DELEGATES LIST WAS CANCELLED BY INEC, WANTS IMO PEOPLE TO BLAME HIM SOLELY FOR THE PAINFUL LOSS
… WANTS NWC TO ORDER ARREST OF THE ELECTORAL OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE FOR MISSING RESULTS SHEETS FOR THE CONDUCT OF NATIONAL DELEGATES AND THREE MAN WARD AD HOC DELEGATES CONGRESSES
… SAYS INEC DECISION IS PAINFUL BUT IN LINE WITH THE LAW AND ONLY OPTION FOR PDP
… SAYS INEC DECISION VICTORY FOR PDP AND A COMMENDABLE RESCUE FROM AN IMPENDING CATASTROPHIC END
… *EXPRESSES SYMPATHY WITH OVER 900 IMO AD HOC HOPEFUL DELEGATES WHO HAVE LOST THE CHANCE TO VOTE AT THE PRIMARIES,*
… IMO PDP MEMBERS NOW CAN SLEEP WITH BOTH EYES CLOSED BECAUSE THE DESPERATE EFFORTS TO FOIST FAKE LISTS ON THEM HAVE ENDED.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has again invalidated the outcome of the Local Government National Delegate Congresses of the Peoples Democratic Party in Imo State. In a letter dated 17th May, 2022, the INEC Ag. Secretary to the Commission Mr. Aminu Idris claimed “the Commission’s Monitoring Report on the One-Man Ad Hoc National Delegates Congress in Imo State has also indicated substantial non-compliance as no original LGA Congress Result form was provided at any of the LGA Congress venues.
The letter concludes that “the Commission expects that your party’s primaries in Imo State shall be conducted using only Statutory Delegates as provided in the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Reacting to the development, Opposition Coalition Spokesperson and House of Representatives Aspirant for Ideato North and South Federal Constituency, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere blamed the desperation of the National Secretary of the Party, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu to hijack the ad hoc list for being the sole reason Imo National Delegates list was invalidated by INEC.
Mr. Ugochinyere also called on the National leadership of the Party to call for the arrest and investigation of the Electoral Officers of the Party responsible for the missing results sheets for the conduct Ward 3-man Delegates congress and Local Government 1-man National Delegates Congresses.
Continuing he said the decision by INEC was a painful one for the Party but in line with the extant laws and the only option for PDP in view of all the circumstances. He further commended the INEC as the Party without the letter from INEC may have gone ahead to conduct invalid primaries election which would have landed the party in a catastrophic end in Imo State.
Ikenga further expressed sympathy with the over 900 Ad hoc delegates who would have lost the chance to participate and vote in the party’s primaries while calling on all those who desired to be ad hoc delegates but who can no longer participate to hold the National secretary of the Party responsible for the ugly situation in the Party. Ikenga also said the situation was a bag of mixed blessings as Imo PDP members can now sleep with both eyes closed because the desperate efforts to foist a fake delegates list on them was over and the Party can begin its rebuilding process.
