FIVE POLITICAL PARTIES CALL FOR TOTAL CANCELLATION OF GOVERNORSHIP ELECTIONS IN ABIA STATE

Five political parties, APC, UPP, NCP, PDC and Labour Party who participated in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Abia State have called for total cancellation of the election results in the state and rejected the entire exercise.
According to the parties, "there were no elections in Abia State on the 11th of April 2015 as the good people of Abia State were not allowed to exerciise their franchise on the election day and we call on all well meaning Nigerians to add their voice to the call for total cancellation and a re-run in the state."
Addressing news men in Umuahia on Saturday, some of the governorship and State House of Assembly candidates from the parties commended Abia people for resisting the massive rigging that went on in the state during the April 11 elections.
Their Spokesman, the governorship candidate for UPP, Chief Mgbeahurukwe-Dike Ogbuehi  said, "Abia embraced the change blowing in Abia, indeed Nigeria", and resisted the usual rigging of elections.
"We wish to remind the government in power that it is no longer business as usual, where you just churn out results the way you like and ask your co-contestants to go to court"
"We commend INEC for the introduction of the Card Reader as it has gone a long way in reducing electoral malpractices in the system"
"Furthermore, we demand that all those involved in the electoral malpractices in Abia State should not be part of the re-run and should be prosecuted according to the law of the land" Chief Ogbuehi said.
Chief Ogbuehi called on all the people in the state to join hands and rebuild the state as well as resist autocracy and dictatorship in the state.


photo is INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega.