PDP calls for cancellation of Imo governorship election

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for the cancellation of the results of the governorship election in Imo State.

Citing violence and large scale irregularities at a media briefing in Abuja Monday, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had already declared the election inconclusive.

Metuh said: “PDP demands immediate cancellation of the election and conduct of fresh election in Imo State.

“In Oru East, electoral officials confessed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) members forced them to re-write results. Some fake policemen who were arrested confessed that they were recruited by the APC.

“In Ideato North and South, election did not take place but figures were allocated which forced Imo people to troop out in protest, demanding fresh election.

“The PDP cannot sit by and have results in its stronghold downplayed. We must observe the rules and stick to the tenets of democracy.

“Imo people want a change. If INEC refuses to cancel the election, it should go back to the old results where PDP was leading”.