APGA Gubernoturial Candidate risks disqualification for allegedly possesing double voters card

There is anxiety in the camp of the All
Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in
Anambra State following the allegation that
the party’s governorship candidate in the
forth-coming governorship election in the
state, Mr. Willie Obiano faces
disqualification over alleged possession of
double voter’s card.
The report, which emanated from one Dr.
Nnamdi Umeasiegbu, of the Human Rights
and Electoral Watch, Awka, claimed that
Obiano procured INEC voter’s card in Lagos
sometime ago and also went ahead to
procure another voter’s card at his home
town Aguleri to enable him vote in
Anambra State, thereby registering twice
with the INEC.
“The normal Standard Operating Procedure
would have been that an indigene of
Anambra State that registered outside the
state to transfer his/her INEC voter’s
registration to Anambra State through INEC
to enable such a person to vote.
“But Willie Obiano opted out to
secretly register twice instead of
transferring his voter’s card to the state
thereby commiting an Electoral offense
punishable by law”, the report alleged.
It was further alleged that “in a smart move
to hide this fraud, Anambra State
Government and some APGA stalwarts
pressurised one Prof Onukogu, a Resident
Electoral Commissioner to delete the Lagos
voter’s card from INEC’s server to cover-up
the fraud.
“While Prof. Onukogu was hesitant, the
State Government placed a call to Mr Chidi,
the head of the ICT Department of INEC in
Anambra State to delete Willi Obiano’s
name from the Aguleri register”.
“As this scene unfolds, the whole world is
watching INEC and Prof Jega to see if the
INEC boss will allow his commission to
cover this fraud or tow the path of Justice
to ensure that Willie Obiano is disqualified
for electoral fraud and recommended for
arrest”, it concluded.
Both the APGA and the Anambra State
Government are yet to react to these
allegations.