Okigwe Senatorial re-run: Okorocha declares four days holidays

The Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has suspended all government’s functions programmed for the week as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) rescheduled re-run election for Okigwe Senatorial Zone and two other state constituencies, saying that normal government activities would resume next Monday, July 25, 2016.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okorocha said that “The governor had given the directive at a well-attended meeting of all government functionaries, party officials and selected political leaders on Monday, July 18, 2016.

“Against the backdrop of all these, the governor equally directed political appointees especially the Commissioners to stop work till Monday, July 25, 2016.

“The governor also advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders to insist on free and fair election, and that the security agencies had also been told to ensure that the people’s votes would count. He asked those planning to rig the election to drop the plan, because rigging had become the old-fashioned method of getting victory in an election.”

According to Okorocha, the re-run poll for Okigwe zone was a task for every patriotic Ndi Igbo in general and to Imo and Okigwe people in particular, because of the good things that would emanate from the victory of the APC candidate, Benjamine Uwajumogu.

The governor also warned against thuggery and advised the youths allegedly recruited to act as thugs to throw in the towel because the election on Saturday was going to be the people’s election.