Christian Ogbuagbu, returning
officer for Imo state elections, has ordered the arrest of Christian Ehirim, the collation officer of
Ohaji Egbema local government area (LGA), for allegedly altering the results of
the LGA.
Ogbuagbu, who apparently had the
results from the field, announced that the figures Ehirim presented were
doctored.
Immediately he gave the order,
security operatives moved in and led Ehirim away.
Ogbuagbu, a professor, is the
vice chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia state.
The suspect is also a professor.
Earlier, Francis Otuana, the
resident electoral commissioner (REC), had said he was not under pressure to
declare any politician winner of the election.
“I want to assure you I’m not
under any pressure to declare anybody winner. We just want to speed up the
process,” he had said.
During the presidential and
national assembly elections, some returning officers said they were forced to
declare some candidates winners.
More to follow…
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