Ohanaeze Ndigbo yesterday said that the Saturday’s election must be free and fair and warned those who have the intention to rig and troublemakers to steer clear.
The President General of Ohanaze, Chief Nnia Nwodo, who handed down this warning yesterday in Enugu, said that the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) calling for a boycott of the election do not have the interest of the people of the state at heart.
“It is not in the interest of Anambra people for you to tell them not to go and vote because if they do not vote, there will be anarchy because the constitution does not conceive any other thing to do than a state of emergency. It is criminal for anyone to say don’t come out to vote, if you come out to vote you will die; that is incitement, attempt to murder and when security operatives come against them, they will say its Operation Python Dance. Any attempt to rig, manipulate, falsify or impose results will be seriously resisted,” he said.
Nwodo disclosed that Ohanaeze has applied to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be given an observer status for the election, saying that they have already recruited lecturers from universities and polytechnics to help them in the exercise.
He also said, “ Ohanaeze has not endorsed any of the candidates. All we want is a free and fair election and for votes to count.”
|Sun