News2023 Polls: IPAC Raises Alarm Over Plot To Compromise Cross River Elections

2023 Polls: IPAC Raises Alarm Over Plot To Compromise Cross River Elections

February 26, (THEWILL) – The Cross River State chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), has raised an alarm over plots to compromise last Saturday’s presidential election in Cross River State.

The Council, in a release, said any attempt to do so will be met by unprecedented resistance from the people of the state.

Pastor Ntami Esege, the Secretary of IPAC in the state, said they are already in possession of over 80% of election results across the state and strongly advised against any form of compromise.

In his words, “The attention of the leadership of Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, Cross River State Chapter, has been drawn to a purported order from powerful forces within the ruling party in the state urging the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof Gabriel Yomeri, to suspend collation of results of the Presidential and National Assembly election across the state.

“We hereby warn that any attempt by INEC to alter, compromise or change the result of any polling unit, ward, constituency or senatorial district, would be met with unprecedented resistance from Cross Riverians. We insist that the collation of results should continue to the letter.

“We further urge all our agents, collations officers and the general public to intensify their vigilance by mounting surveillance within and around all designated collation centres in the state.

“It is equally important to state incontrovertibly that we are already in possession of over eighty percent 80% of the polling unit result from the 3,281 polling units across the state in our Situation Room.

“Any attempt, therefore, to change any figure would be greeted with unaccustomed resistance from Cross Riverians. It is our wish and utmost desire that the will of our people as reflected in the votes cast already be allowed to prevail”, he said.

He further called on local, national and international observers to beam searchlights around the electoral umpire, to forestall any planned or forced compromise.

He stressed that the people of the state have spoken in their various polling units and their voice must not be diminished. Every vote must count!

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THEWILL Correspondent, Aniekan Bassey has over six years experience that spans across several fields in print journalism including development communication, sexual reproductive and health rights issues, crime, climate change, social justice, business and human interest stories.

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