The All Progressives Congress on Thursday said the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission and the Peoples Democratic Party had perfected a plot to rig the Saturday’s local council elections in Enugu State.
The Chairman of the APC in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, told journalists that some ENSIEC members of staff were working with the PDP candidates to doctor the results of the poll, particularly “in areas where the APC candidates have comparative advantage.”
Nwoye, who said the outcome of the elections would have an impact on the November 18 governorship poll in Anambra State, vowed that the APC would resist the alleged rigging plot.
He said, “We have it on good authority that there is last ditch effort by the ENSIEC, in connivance with some members of the PDP, to rig the election.
“We want to place ENSIEC and those involved on notice that we will file criminal complaints against them if they carry out that plan.
“They are making efforts to rig our places of strength, which include Awgu, Oji-River, Udi, Aninri, Enugu-South, Enugu-East, Igbo-Eze North and Igbo-Eze South, as well as Igbo-Etiti local government areas.
“They are going to seize the result sheets, cause commotion in these local government areas, ensure that there will be no election, announce the result later, and then tell us to go to court.”
“This high-level plot will fail, we are going to resist it. Security agents should be at alert.”
Nwoye disclosed that the APC National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, would be in Enugu for the grand finale of the party’s campaign for the polls.