Mascot Kalu Alleges Inducement Of INEC Officials In Abia By Some Parties

The governorship candidate of Action Peoples Party, APP in Abia State, Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC officials in the state are being induced to fraudulently sell voters cards of Abians to some political parties.

Mascot Uzor-Kalu, therefore, urged the electoral umpire and its officials in Abia to avoid being used to truncate the will of the masses in an election expected to produce a new governor next year.

A statement on Sunday by Ukoha Aladdin, the Special Adviser to Mascot Uzor Kalu on Political Affairs said the Action Peoples party secretariat and Chief Mascot Uzor Kalu Campaign Council have been informed about the development.

He said, “By this action, we are asking that INEC Abia state should not allow itself to be used to perpetrate this act of insubordination for it is a breach of confidence against ABIANS that is culpable of causing break down of law and order in the state.

“Also, we are asking every ABIAN and resident of Abia that registered for their permanent voters’ card to go to their collection center to collect the same, and in an event that the INEC Abia state cannot provide their voters’ card, they should report the situation to the nearest police station and the DSS,” the statement read in part.