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2023 Elections: We’ll Reclaim Our Mandate Legally – Capt Okon

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March 04, (THEWILL) – The Director-General, Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Akwa Ibom State chapter, Capt Augustine Okon, has expressed optimism that the victory of the Labour Party (LP) at the Presidential poll would be reclaimed through a legal process.

Speaking while addressing a joint press conference in Uyo, along with the leaders of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the state at the weekend, Okon expressed confidence that the party’s candidate, Peter Obi, had won the election in Akwa Ibom and Nigeria in general.

According to him, the Council had collated enough evidence to prove their claims and would liaise with the legal team to ensure that the stolen mandate is recovered.

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He expressed dismay over the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload results to the BVAS portal, despite assurance by its chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, noting that resorting to manually collate and announcing the results not only gives room for suspicion, but an indication of a ‘grand gang up’ to suppress the will of the people.

“The PCC, Akwa Ibom State, has collated enough evidence to prove that, His Excellency, Peter Obi, won the election in Akwa Ibom State and will liaise with the legal team to ensure that the stolen mandate is recovered.

“You are aware that prior to the election, INEC chairman, Prof, Mahmood Yakubu, had promised Nigerians that all Unit results will be uploaded to the IReV portal from such units through BVAS, but without any notification or explanation, INEC proceeded to manually collate and announce the so-called election results.

“This does not only give room for suspicion, but eventually shows a grand gang up to not just suppress the will of the people, but impose an unpopular candidate on Nigerians through a flawed process”, he said.

In their separate remarks during the briefing, leaders of the Coalition, Comrades Nathaniel Ifot and Bernard Titis, of the CSOs, expressed disappointment over what they described as “daylight robbery of Nigerians of their votes”, and condemned INEC, for not living up to its promise of delivering transparent and frauds-free elections.

Mr Ifot, in his remarks, flayed the outcome of the polls and appealed to well-meaning Nigerians to prevail on INEC to correct the anomalies by reorganising another round of the presidential contest in a free, fair and transparent manner, in order to assuage the feelings of most Nigerians, who, desirous of change, trooped out to cast their votes in favour of Obi.

According to him, it was time for all systemic injustices and impunities to be addressed for the country to remain in peace, and harmony for real development to thrive.

Comrade Titus, on his part, lamented that votes at his unit in Ini Local Government were allegedly upturned against the LP, but urged the people to be resolute in voting for all the LP candidates during the March 11 governorship and House of Assembly polls, while waiting for the final outcome after various courts would have determined the cases.

Recall that the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, while addressing the world on Thursday, indicated his readiness to commence a legal battle to retrieve his mandate.

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