All Progressives Congress (APC) and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) have alleged complicity by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Sunday’s rescheduled elections at Ndume Ward in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia. The supporters of the parties stormed the INEC collation centre in Umuahia North on Sunday morning insisting that the electoral umpire was compromised by the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state by failing to conduct Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in Ndume because of a missing document for the senatorial poll. The document later resurfaced by 3.30p.m. but the opposition insisted INEC must reschedule the election in spite of the plea of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Joseph Iloh, that he was ready to extend the voting hour. It, however, took the intervention of the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations) in Abia, Gabriel Elaigwu, to calm the situation calling for peace and urged both parties to adhere to the electoral guidelines as stipulated by INEC.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 24, 2019 14:26 UTC