The Special Adviser for Drainage & Water Resources to Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Joe Igbokwe, has said that he had thought the Igbo will move beyond ethnic politics.
Joe Igbokwe, said this as he reacts to the Anambra State gubernatorial election that has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He went on to say that the they Igbo will remain onlookers.
Igbokwe said: “I HAD THOUGHT THAT IGBO WILL MOVE BEYOND ETHNIC POLITICS AND WORK TO CONNECT TO THE CENTER TO MEET OTHER NIGERIANS BUT ife ji Ndigbo jisi ha ike.
“WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONLOOKERS;”
INEC had suspended collation of results of the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra pending the conduct of the election in Ihiala Local Government Area.
Prof. Florence Obi, INEC Returning Officer for the Anambra Governorship election made the announcement Sunday night in Awka.
Obi, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Cross River, announced that the election would be conducted in Ihiala on Tuesday, Nov. 9.
She explained that election could not hold in the LGA due to security reasons.
Before suspending collation, Obi had given total number of votes already scored by candidates.
She said that Prof. Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) polled a total of 103, 946 votes followed by Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 51,322 votes to emerged second.
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Sen. Andy Uba, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate got a total of 42,942 votes to emerge the third position.
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Reacting to Igbokwe statement on Facebook some of his followers said
Agbalanze, you claim that you love Ndi Anambra and you’re lamenting that APC lost the governorship election? Your APC had a … non existent gubernatorial primaries that recorded Andy Uba scoring more votes than the total votes cast in the present main election. Such a travesty didn’t fill you with outrage? And that’s the grand larceny you want compounded for Ndi Anambra? You’re not more APC than George Moghalu , Chris Ngige etc but these men have been honest enough to disavow their candidate and the nefarious process that brought it about. And here you are accusing Ndi Anambra for making an electoral choice. By the way you’re suggesting that if you had a business you’d hire Andy Uba to run it over Charles Soludo?
