Abia state Government demands Jega’s Presence during Supplementary Polls
The Abia state government has called on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, to personally monitor the supplementary governorship election slated for April 25.
The commissioner for information and strategy, Dr Anthony Agbazuere, made the call, saying the state government wants Jega or a senior INEC officials to monitor the polls as they have no confidence in the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof Selina Oko and the state Returning Officer, Prof Benjamin Ozumba.
The supplementary elections came about after INEC declared the April 11 governorship poll inconclusive on the ground that there was no clear winner with the PDP candidate, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu polling 248,459 as against 165, 406 votes scored by his closet rival, Dr Alex Otti of APGA.
According to the state Returning Officer, the 83,053 votes margin of lead was less than the 179,244 registered voters in the polling units where election did not hold hence the need for supplementary election to determine the eventual winner.
