The APGA chairman alleged
that security agencies in the state intercepted the materials at an undisclosed
hotel and two persons were arrested in connection with the discovery.
The Commissioner of Police
in the state Mr Garba Umar, on the telephone described the allegation as false.
The National Chairman of
the All Progressive Grand Alliance, Chief Victor Oye, on Monday, alleged that
two lorry-load of sensitive materials of the Independent National Electoral
Commission, meant for the November 18 governorship election in Anambra State were
intercepted in a hotel in the state.
Oye said this at a press
conference at his residence in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area of the
state.
He said, “There was nothing
like that. It’s a false alarm.”
The INEC Resident Electoral
Commissioner in the state, Dr. Nwachukwu Orji, described the allegation as
laughable.
Orji stated that INEC’s
sensitive materials could hardly come that early to the election, adding that
when such materials arrived in the state, they would be in a bank.
Oye told journalists that
the sensitive materials, containing everything for the poll in wards, local
government and state, were intercepted in two trucks by security operatives.
He said he had a strong
suspicion that an opposition party in the state was the mastermind of the act.
The APGA chairman added,
“This afternoon, in a hotel in the Okpuno area of Awka, security agents
intercepted two-lorry load of sensitive materials meant for the Anambra
governorship election, and it is believed that an opposition party in the state
was responsible for the act.
“We called this conference
to draw the attention of Nigerians and the world to this sad development
because the Anambra governorship election must be free and fair. We will not
accept any act of rigging.
“We had believed in the capability of INEC and
the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to conduct a free, fair and
credible election in the state, but we are already disappointed by this sad
development.”
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