Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha has
urged Deputy Speaker, House of
Representatives, who ran on the platform
of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Emeka Ihedioha to go to f
court if he is not
satisfied with the outcome of the April 25
rerun.
Ihedioha has refused to congratulate
Okorocha, who won re-election on the
platform of the All Progressives Congress
(APC).
The deputy Speaker said the result was
unacceptable to his party and threatened to
go to the tribunal.
A statement by Okorocha’s Senior Special
Assistant on Media Sam Onwuemeodo
said: “We encourage Ihedioha to go to the
tribunal and we shall meet him there. He
shall make his claims and we shall
respond, and Nigerians will know how he
got more than 55,000 votes in his Aboh
Mbaise council, and how he got two-thirds
of his overall votes from the three local
governments in his Mbaise area.
“It is curious that since the elections
began, and until the result was announced,
Ihedioha didn’t complain of any
irregularity. It was the APC that complained
of Ihedioha and the PDP using security
agents and thugs to snatch ballot papers
and falsify results; he never reacted to any
of these claims.
“Ihedioha should know he will be asked to
produce the booth results from Aboh
Mbaise, Ahiazu Mbaise and Ezinihitte
Mbaise. In fact, the April 25 rerun showed
that if the April 11 election had been
properly managed, Ihedioha would not
have won in any local government.
“His refusal to congratulate Governor
Okorocha shows his desperation. Of the 27
local governments, he won just three in his
Mbaise area, after adding votes from the
rerun.
“We are waiting to be served his court
summons”.
