Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party rigged the elections in the state; he thereby called for the cancellation of the state’s election results.
Okorocha who addressed journalists on Monday at the Government House, Owerri, accused several PDP Chieftains of using the military to terrorise voters.
He said “Armed soldiers were used by the PDP as aides to the collation officers and there was no collation of results at the ward levels as prescribed by the Electoral Act. All the collating officers and presiding officers were directed to go and submit their results at the LG level, from where they collected all the results from the booths in the presence of soldiers.”
He also added that 250 students of the Rochas Foundation College who had their Permanent Voter Card, were arrested and held hostage at Ogboko.
He said “Most of these helpless children are orphans and I am their father, they duly registered for the election but soldiers arrested, humiliated and detained them without food and water and they were not released until the following day being Sunday.”
Okorocha added that elections did not hold in Isiala Mbano area and parts of Aboh Mbaise while areas like Oru East, Ohaji/Egbema, Ngor Okpala, Aboh Mbaise and parts of Owerri West witnessed rigging.