Anambra UPP Warns Against Rigging

Ahead of tomorrow’s Anambra governorship election, the United Progressive Party (UPP) has said that any attempt by anybody, party or agency of government to rig the electoral process in any form whatsoever, will result in very dire consequences

The party said that the caution has become necessary because of sinister plots by the All Progressives Congress

(APC), to use compromised security and INEC officials to subvert the will of the people and rig in their candidate, who has been boasting that his party has the powers to “capture” Anambra state at all cost.

In a statement issued yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Ogbuehi Dike, the party alleged that there has been series of clashes arising from meetings between APC and officials of the electoral body.

The UPP statement reads: “We know of clandestine meetings between this party and compromised officials to manipulate the process, all in the failed bid to stop Igbos in Anambra state from electing a government that best represents their interest as presently embodied in the UPP, the only pan-Igbo party in the race.

“Furthermore, the curious and indefensible decision of INEC to halt the electronic transmission of results from polling units as it had earlier committed to is of great concern to us. The decision to continue with the outdated, archaic and cumbersome manual transmission of result from poll unit to ward collation centers is unacceptable”.

UPP said that the excuses proffered by INEC for not deploying the electronic result tracking device are puerile and to say the least,” disingenuous”.

“Having failed in their several attempts to shut us up through blackmails and threats; having also failed to coerce or buy the people, and knowing that APGA and PDP are no obstacles, the APC has been fixated on the UPP, realizing that it is going to be the inevitable winner.