Abia IPAC carpets INEC over polls postponement

By Sunday Nwakanma – Umuahia

Abia state Chapter of the Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) says it feels highly disappointed by the national leadership of INEC in postponing the Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled for last weekend. In a telephone chat with our reporter in Umuahia, the state Chairman of IPAC, Pastor Augustine Ehiemere lamented that candidates all over the country wasted their funds on campaigns only for the election in a twinkle of the eye to be suspended. “It is not in the best interest of Nigeria,” he said, pointing out that in Abia state, the INEC resident electoral commissioner wanted to conduct a free, fair and credible elections, even though his efforts and that of the security agencies are being sabotaged by desperate politicians. “Already, before that election date, PVCs were flying here and there. People were arrested and some with written results. “It is not the best; Abia desperate politicians should allow INEC and the people to choose who they want,” Ehiemere said and urged INEC not to allow those found with electoral materials to go scot free but they must be made to face the full wrath of the law.