Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Sylvia Agu, as well as the Imo State EOs and SPOs, have been demanded to resign immediately by the Imo State Labour Party leadership.
The party’s state chairman in Imo State, Dr. Ambrose Onyekwere, stated at a press conference held on Monday at the party’s headquarters that the widespread irregularities committed during the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Imo State were the reason for the call for their removal.
The state party chairman also declared the rejection in advance of all the results for the House of Assembly elections scheduled for 11th March 2023 if conducted by the current REC Prof. Sylvia Agu.
He said: ” the actions of INEC in the Saturday election as a deliberate and systematic disenfranchisement if citizens of Imo State”.
The state chairman used the forum to raise certain complaints bordering on late arrival of voting materials at the polling units, non-conduct of election at many polling units as well as absence of INEC staff at polling units.
The party equally condemned what it described as deliberate subversion of the electoral process by INEC staff.
According to them in many of the units where voting took place, the INEC staff bluntly refused to transmit results with the excuses ranging from “No Code”, to BVAS machine has no since.
The party observed with dismayed that INEC staffs arrived at the polling units with insufficient materials including not more than 25 ballot paper for each of the three positions being contested for.
The state party chairman pointed out the manipulation and tampering of BVas mechines, non compliance with INEC directives to conduct elections on Sunday 26th February, 2023 at the polling units where election did not take place in previous day.