Imolites Call for Redeployment of REC
From Marcel Duru Owerri
Imolites across the twenty Seven Local Government Areas of the three Senatorial Zones of Imo State have called for immediate redeployment of Residence Electoral Commissioner in Imo State Professor Sylvia Agu
Speaking with journalists yesterday at Dan Anyam Central Stadium Owerri, Imo State, a retired Principal who gave his name as Chief Dan Anukam said that during the Presidential and National Assembly Election of February 25, 2023, the Resident Electural Commissioner Professor Sylvia Agu allegedly accepted Add hoc Staff recruited by Imo State Government of All Progressive Congress(APC) who thumb printed over twenty thousand ballot papers in favour of APC and was distributed across the twenty seven Local Government Areas of the State.
He added that three of the Addhoc Staff who were caught in Owerri-North LGA when the elections were going on by the Nigeria Police, in their confessional statement said that they were recruited by the Imo State government, yet up till now no body has heard anything about that serious electoral malpractice from the INEC till date
He further stated that right now, the Resident Electoral Commissioner has allegedly invited those Add hoc Staff to participate in the November 11, 2023 Gubernatorial Election in Imo State.
Similarly, a politician from Orlu Zone who gave his name as Fabian Okoro told the press at Ama Uju, Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State that during March 18, 2023 gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, Imo State government super solid agreement with REC wrote House results and gave themselves twenty seven over twenty seven, something that has not happened in the political history of the state.
