Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State say they are going to the court to challenge the election of Charles Soludo, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as the governor-elect of the state.
Soludo, the candidate of the All Grand Progressives Alliance (APGA) was declared winner of the November 6 and 9 governorship election in Anambra State.
But after reviewing the outcome of the governorship election on Sunday, APC members in the state said the election process was manipulated and conducted in breach of the rules.
The party and senator Andy Uba, its candidate in the election said they are heading to the court to challenge the election outcome.
The party stated that there are enough grounds to challenge the declaration of Soludo as Governor-Elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Basil Ejidike, chairman of APC in Anambra State accused INEC and the state ruling party, APGA of compromising the governorship election.
This was as Andy Uba reiterated that he would challenge the outcome of the election in the court.
He was speaking at a meeting in Awka, the state capital, with party stakeholders in attendance.
“I will start by thanking God who kept us all alive throughout the campaign and the election. Let me once again thank everyone that contributed to this election in one way or the other. Your efforts were not in doubt and I thank you all,” Uba said.
“We will be heading to court with the discoveries we have, which shows that the declaration of Soludo as the Governor-elect is faulty.”
“As governor, I was removed after 17 days of being sworn in by the Supreme Court of Nigeria and I did not die. So, the current development won’t hurt me. Power belongs to God and Him alone determines who he will entrust it to. This, I can assure you.”
Also, APC stated that the election was conducted in breach of the electoral rules.
Ejidike said: “Ndi Anambra and the world at large would bear testimony to the fact that, on the eve of the election, the outgoing Governor Willy Obiano administration had, through its Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C. Don Adinuba, told everyone that the APC had written results of 10 Local Government Areas.
“Unknown to us, however, that false alarm was aimed at deflecting attention from the manipulation of the BVAS machine by APGA and a top official of INEC – a fact which a national newspaper had weeks earlier drawn attention to.
“We are heading to court. APGA and INEC are aware that they compromised during the election and we have evidences to challenge INEC’s declaration in the court of law.”
