Following widespread concern about the use of violence in Saturday’s governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in Enugu State, the Labour Party (LP) Governorship candidate in the state, Barr. Chijioke Edeoga, has urged voters to defend their votes as a means of eliminating politicians who have turned the state’s economic resources into private enterprises.
Edeoga, speaking to party leaders and supporters in Aninri and Awgu Local Government Areas, said he was aware of intentions by certain political actors in the state to employ violence and thuggery to influence the outcome of the elections.
He does, however, believe that the people may reject such designs if they band together in resilience.
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While thanking Enugu voters for propelling the Labour Party to victory in the Presidential, Senate, and House of Representatives elections on February 25, Edeoga urged them to repeat the feat in the governorship elections to cement the Labour Party’s emergence as the new platform for freedom and expedited development in the State.
He stated that voting for the Labour Party was important because it would reinforce the massive support given to the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, during the previous elections and would serve as further proof that the votes cast in Enugu were not a fluke, especially since the election is currently being contested in court.
“You do not have to be afraid of these threats of violence. They are merely trying to make you afraid. They tried it during the last election but could not succeed.
“We must uphold the integrity of our communities by resisting the invasion by outsiders, whether they call them Ayes, or they call them Black Axe or they call them Black Thugs, whatever they are called, this victory by democratic forces, for Labour Party, should not be thwarted; it should not be frustrated.
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“We have to guarantee that the right of individuals, women, men, and youths, to vote freely, without coercion, without disturbance, without humiliation, to vote who they choose, must be maintained.”
Continuing, the Labour Party Governorship candidate, said: “Enugu State is touted as a peaceful place. Any effort, whether clandestine or open; any threat to disturb the peace of Enugu State should be resisted.
“I am enjoining, I am asking, I am calling out to all youths of Enugu State, all citizens of Enugu State on the ongoing attempt by the PDP and their henchmen, to rig the election that is coming on Saturday. The path to victory by the Labour party is clear and incontestable, and it is an eloquent statement of the new direction which Enugu State wants to go.
“But we are facing the danger of a reversal, by people who have ruined Enugu State, misgoverned Enugu State, and have shown lack of empathy and lack of love for our people. So, please, do not allow our votes to be destroyed. Vote at the polling units and stay to see that they are counted.”
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He reminded the people of the state that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had directed them to remain at their polling stations until the results were counted and uploaded, and urged them to resist any attempt by any electoral officer or agent to leave polling stations or collation centers before the results were announced and uploaded to the INEC portal.
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