The governorship candidate of Labour Party (LP), Chief George Moghalu, on Sunday, accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Security Agencies of disappointing Anambra people following the outcome of the November 8 governorship poll.
Moghalu, who stated this at post election press conference held at Nnewi, Nnewi North Local Government Area, identified vote buying, failure of BVAs, missing results sheets, violence and missing results as some of the acts that marred the poll after promises by the INEC and security to make it credible, free, fair and crisis free.
He said his party and campaign organization would analyse the issues discovered in the election critically and find out what steps to take.
“The election is not free and fair. There are cases of vote buying. In many cases, result sheets were not there, but elections were going on. Cases like that abound with evidences. On the social media, you see people carrying money and giving money.
“There were also cases of voter intimidation. In Idemili North, one of my major supporters was beaten; but that shouldn’t happen. They came to pick him up from his house but he resisted, so, they beat him black and blue. “INEC has their own shortcomings and failures. Security agencies, on their own, assured us of protection.
“That was why they sent 45,000 policemen, over 20 CPs, AIGs, DIGs and so on; but at the end of the day, they were not able to stop vote buying. Vote buying was everywhere; it was visible. The truth is that the entire process was faulty. Vote buying was at an alarming rate in the November 8 governorship election.
“ In many areas, LP logo was in the ballot paper, but the name is not there. There are people who may know the name but wouldn’t know the logo. All these infractions are issues that marred the election,” he stated.
