A few days to the governorship election, scheduled to hold in Anambra
State, some agents of candidates vying for the election have been said to be
allegedly buying voter cards from the electorate.
Some agents of these candidates were said to be going from house to house in different communities, buying voter cards for between N2,000 and N5,000 from the people.
The agents were said to be scattered in some areas in Awka North and South local government areas, communities in Umunze, Nnewi, Ayamelum, Anambra East and West local government areas.
When contacted, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor Chukwuemeka Onukaogu, assured the people of the preparedness of the commission to conduct transparent, free and credible election and pleaded with community leaders to educate their people on the use of voter cards.
He pleaded with youths on the need for them to be law abiding during and after the election, and not allow themselves to be used by any politician.
However, the traditional ruler of Awka, Eze-Uzu Gibson Nwosu, has advised the people in his domain to expose any person who secretly comes to them asking to buy their voter cards and, if possible, hand such persons over to the police.
According to him, “our young men and women should know that violence does not in any way promote good governance and the attainment of sustainable development, so please avoid thuggery.”
Supporters of political parties and gubernatorial candidates have engaged in the final wars of defacing of billboards and posters of their opponents ahead the election scheduled for Saturday.
One of the youths involved in the activities, who simply called himself “harmattan,” said he was paid N10,000 to remove five billboards and 20 posters of their opponents, which he had to bring to the party for counting before being paid.
The development had made the national chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, to ask his party members to stop mounting billboards and posters, adding that since their candidate was tested, credible and trusted, people would vote for him, with or without billboards.
He said that the tumultuous crowd that received the party in the state in their rallies was evidence that the entire state was for APGA.
Some agents of these candidates were said to be going from house to house in different communities, buying voter cards for between N2,000 and N5,000 from the people.
The agents were said to be scattered in some areas in Awka North and South local government areas, communities in Umunze, Nnewi, Ayamelum, Anambra East and West local government areas.
When contacted, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Professor Chukwuemeka Onukaogu, assured the people of the preparedness of the commission to conduct transparent, free and credible election and pleaded with community leaders to educate their people on the use of voter cards.
He pleaded with youths on the need for them to be law abiding during and after the election, and not allow themselves to be used by any politician.
However, the traditional ruler of Awka, Eze-Uzu Gibson Nwosu, has advised the people in his domain to expose any person who secretly comes to them asking to buy their voter cards and, if possible, hand such persons over to the police.
According to him, “our young men and women should know that violence does not in any way promote good governance and the attainment of sustainable development, so please avoid thuggery.”
Supporters of political parties and gubernatorial candidates have engaged in the final wars of defacing of billboards and posters of their opponents ahead the election scheduled for Saturday.
One of the youths involved in the activities, who simply called himself “harmattan,” said he was paid N10,000 to remove five billboards and 20 posters of their opponents, which he had to bring to the party for counting before being paid.
The development had made the national chairman of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, to ask his party members to stop mounting billboards and posters, adding that since their candidate was tested, credible and trusted, people would vote for him, with or without billboards.
He said that the tumultuous crowd that received the party in the state in their rallies was evidence that the entire state was for APGA.
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ReplyDeleteChief Victor Umeh,u are deceiving urself dat they shud paste ur candidates posters,is dat y u asked ur thugs to be removing other peoples posters,by d time d election start properly u will know ur candidate is not popular n Ngige is d candidate to beat
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