BY AMOS DUNIA, ABUJA – The President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief John Nnia Nwodo has expressed serious concern over the inability of the Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC) to announce results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections 48hours after.
Chief Nwodo said that this is in spite of the fact that there is hardly any voter in Nigeria, who does not know the results of elections in his polling booth.
Worst still, he noted is the surprise to see that INEC server is down and yanked off by the Commission thereby creating room for conflicting results which now dominate the social media.
He further said; “The two major national parties claim contradictory victories.
“Returning officers in Rivers and Imo claim to be under siege, being executed by a minister and a governor respectively.
“Igbos in Lagos are being threatened for exercising their civic rights to vote. This morning, they were stopped from opening their market stalls in Oshodi.
“The Acting Inspector General of Police refused to pick my three calls to him. The Oba of Lagos remains quiet. The Governor of Lagos State makes no broadcast. The safety of more than four million Igbos living in Lagos seems to be of no concern to him.
“The Jagaban threatens Igbos to relocate, if they do not vote for his party. Thanks to Afenifere for its salutary and comforting voice. The Commander- in- Chief, maintains an ominous silence. The International Community wonders what a country this is.”
Nwodo warned the INEC Chairman, Professor Yakubu Mahmood to remember 1966 and 1983, a period during which the nation’s democracy was upturned on those two occasions for the action or inaction of our electoral commission.
He called on Governor Umahi, who is the Chairman of South-East Governors to act and not remain unconcerned about the plight of Igbos in Lagos and unperturbed by the manipulation of the votes in the South-East, stressing that history is recording our action and inaction.
The President General of Ohanaeze Worldwide appealed to Igbos to remain calm and law-abiding while remaining resolute on their resolve to seize the moment of this election to change the character of governance.
He prayed the Almighty God to save Nigeria from sliding into another crisis.
