The Labour Party (LP), Imo State chapter has staged a protest at the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja, following the outcome of the November 11 gubernatorial election.
The angry protesters, led by the party’s governorship candidate, Athan Achonu, were armed with placards with different inscriptions, demanding the Certified True Copies (CTC) of the election results the commission conducted in the State.
They alleged that the results announced by the commission are different from what INEC has on its server.
INEC had declared Governor Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of governorship election in Imo.
The State Returning Officer for the election, Prof Abayomi Fasina, who is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti state, declared Uzodinma the winner of the election.
The governor got 540,308 votes followed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Samuel Anyanwu, who came a distant second with 71,503 votes.
The Labour Party candidate, Athan Achonu, came third with a total of 64,081 votes.
The collation of results started around 2am on Sunday in Owerri, the state capital.
Eighteen parties fielded candidates in the election but Governor Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress won in all 27 local government areas in the state, as announced by INEC.
The LP protesters are demanding that INEC release the Certified True Copies of the election results so that they can challenge the outcome of the election in court.
They are also alleging that there were widespread irregularities during the election, including vote-buying, ballot box stuffing, and intimidation of voters.
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INEC has not yet responded to the LP’s allegations at the time of filing this report.