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The APC said that for the umpteenth time and so that Nigerians can understand the absurdity of Jega’s contradictory stance on
the ill-fated election, the party has decided to list its reasons for demanding the cancellation of the caricature election

It expressed absolute shock and incredulity that INEC could even talk of organizing a supplementary election despite the weight of credible evidence presented by the party as well as election monitors/observers that what transpired on November 16 was nothing but a sham

Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Friday evening, INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega, said the Commission has reviewed the reasons being adduced by those calling for fresh election, saying total cancellation does not arise

The party said that Onukogu ”and members of his syndicate” who ruined the November 16 poll should immediately be arrested and prosecuted

PDP’s Agwuariavwodo had in a landslide victory defeated the candidates of the two rival parties – DPP’s Efe Dafinone and APC’s O’tega Emerhor in the election, conducted on October 12 to fill the vacant seat created by the death of Pius Ewherido on June 30

In a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party reminded INEC that it did not wait for a court order to cancel the National Assembly election in 2011, when it was obvious that many voters across the country could not vote due to the late arrival or non-delivery of voting materials

Metuh said: “We want to alert the entire nation of the antics of the APC on the use of the instrumentality of blackmail and propaganda to attempt to discredit the Anambra election

The party, based on its last position on the election, insisted that only the total cancellation of the election, which it termed grossly-tainted and widely-manipulated, will be acceptable

It demanded the immediate removal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuemeka Onukogu, whom it described as conniving and incompetent

In a statement issued from the party’s election situation room in Lagos on Saturday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also said early reports from the state indicate a pattern of harassment of its members and the violation of the Independent National Electoral Commission guidelines, among others, asking Nigerians to take note

The statement said: “Those who were arrested by the increasingly partisan police are election monitors from Osun, who are members of the Justice and Equality Organization, an INEC-accredited election monitoring NGO. With INEC having trained key officials of the accredited election monitoring NGOs, those trained are now training their members in readiness for the election. Those trained by INEC are in Owerri

Oyegun said: “Under no circumstances shall we turn our back on Shekarau, the APC and its leadership in Kano State because the state is critical to the APC

Mohammed said: “Rightly or wrongly in our country, institutions of state take a cue from the President’s body language

In a statement issued in Benin, Edo State on Tuesday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the alert becomes necessary because the Independent National Electoral Commission has not educated voters on the extra polling units, a few days before the election, a development that could either disenfranchise many voters or play into the hands of those who are already perfecting their rigging strategies

“Having spent so much to build infrastructure, this is meant to create enabling environment for business to thrive

Adeyeye, who alleged that the government was planning to make a “No Case” submission through the state Ministry of Justice when the suspects are arraigned in Court, said: “Any attempt to prevent those involved in the Emure killing from facing prosecution and punishments will amount to a direct invitation to anarchy in the state

In a statement issued in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Monday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party listed some of the rigging strategies as disenfranchisement of voters, especially in opposition strongholds; massive thumb-printing of ballot papers in secret locations; sloppy accreditation process; late or non-delivery of voting materials to opposition strongholds and the use of the police and other security agencies to intimidate voters

Adeyeye, who was reacting to the APC’s statement that only sycophants are putting President Goodluck Jonathan under pressure to contest the 2015 presidential election, said in a statement: “President Jonathan has the constitutional right to seek a second term and no amount of noise-making from the APC and its allies can deny him that right

Addressing the crowd at the Government House, they said they were in the state to extend their hands of fellowship to Aliyu and the citizens of the state to join the APC

The chemistry between the team and that of APC led by General Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu was indeed unmistakable