The Abia Elders Consultative Forum has attributed the Labour Party’s impressive performance in Saturday’s elections to the failure of the country’s two major parties.
In an interview with Vanguard, ArchBishop Princewill Ariwodor, the forum’s chairman, stated that it was a manifestation of people’s dissatisfaction with megaparties.
Ariwodor stated, The populace has been duped by the megaparties. They must make a complete shift because they have betrayed the people sufficiently.
Therefore, the Labour Party served as the vehicle for the necessary change. This is the first time that people are voting in large numbers.
Related News Surveys: In Iloegbunam’s new book Hurricane Obi sweeps S-East, S-South, Fayose praises Obi and advises Atiku to maturely accept defeat. “This is a demonstration of how bitter the people are over the rape of democracy in the country,” Fayose writes. Democracy has been abused by the major parties.
Politicians will not learn their lessons if this was not demonstrated. If their mandate is tampered with, people are prepared to demonstrate even more.
“If any attempt is made to subvert their will, they are prepared to demonstrate their bitterness,”
After Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Delta State, Rev. Monday Udoh-Tom, confirmed yesterday that an election official had been killed.
According to Udoh-Tom, who spoke with reporters in Asaba, the unidentified official was shot while on his way to deliver election results on Saturday in the state’s Ukwani Local Government Area.
The REC stated, One of our staff members was shot during an attack in the Ukwani LGA as he was carrying the election results after the election.
The gunmen opened fire on their bus, killing the INEC official and injuring several others.
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, was identified as the other injured ad hoc employees.
Udoh-Tom states, “The NYSC corps members are currently receiving treatment, but we are planning how to move them to an Asaba hospital.”