Alex Otti, Ochendo And The Election Thieves In Abia State By Ifeanyi Amanze

Last Saturday April 11, something not totally unexpected happened in Abia State.
by Ifeanyi Amanze Apr 15, 2015


Last Saturday April 11, something not totally unexpected happened in Abia State. Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji, who is better known by his moniker of ‘Ochendo Global’ (whatever that means), attempted to steal the people’s mandate and succeeded in actually doing so to some degree. Gov. Theodore Orji

It was a theft so brazen the entire country reacted with disgust and disbelief. For those of us who have followed this slimy character for eight years, he acted true to type. But even thieves have to know when the game is up. Like that old saying goes, there should be some honour among thieves.

But using honour and Ochendo in the same sentence would amount to an aberration. The man doesn’t know the meaning of the word; has never known the meaning of the word for eight years of running Abia State aground.

There are 17 Local Governments in Abia State. By the close of voting on Saturday, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Dr Alex Otti, was coasting home to victory in 11 of those 17 LGAs. The PDP’s Okezie Ikpeazu, Ochendo’s lackey, was staring imminent defeat in the face. The Ochendo camp knew the game was up. It was at this point that the cooking of figures commenced.

Earlier in the day during the vote, several correspondents covering the Abia governorship election had noticed the thuggery and brigandage on display from Aba North/South, Osisioma, Obingwa, Isiala-ngwa and just about everywhere else. Election materials arrived late in several polling units dotting the Abia landscape and ballot boxes were snatched in the full glare of the watching world before votes were even cast. On Ochendo’s orders, thumb-printing of snatched ballot papers continued far into the night. The thieves besieged the INEC office in Umuahia with their ballot papers in tow and rewrote results for fun. Armed with a financial war-chest from the coffers of the State, these thieves padded up the numbers from Osisioma, Obingwa and Isiala-ngwa where elections sparsely or never held and asked the INEC officials to name their prizes.

By Sunday, Obingwa, Osisioma and Isiala-ngwa had yielded unbelievable figures. In Obingwa for instance, voter turn-out had trumped those from everywhere else and by the padded figures, Obingwa had coughed out 83,000 votes for the PDP and Ochendo Global, while the APGA candidate was allotted a paltry 1,000 votes!! The entire world yelled and kicked. It was brazen, egregious stealing and everyone knew it. INEC announced that it was cancelling the results in the three affected LGAs but ate its own words when Ochendo showed up at the office of the electoral commission alongside the PDP national publicity secretary and other PDP bigwigs with loads of cash and cheque books. They made the Returning Officers and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (RECs) offers they couldn’t refuse and INEC said it would allow the inflated figures in the three LGAs to stand.

All of these is now public knowledge of course. Every son, daughter and resident of Abia State would tell you that the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the State is Alex Otti. The miracles from Obingwa, Osisioma and Isiala-ngwa have only served to underscore how far Ochendo and his camp would go to stay in power even in the face of the poor governance they’ve supervised for close to a decade. The people have voted these sorry lot out, but it is typical of the obdurate dog not to heed the hunter’s whistle.

The electoral officers in Abia State would do well to return the financial inducements they were given and announce Alex Otti as winner of the Abia Guber race when the rerun poll eventually holds. To do otherwise would be a real farcical travesty.

The world is watching. Abians are watching.

*Ifeanyi Amanze wrote from Umuahia


http://saharareporters.com/2015/04/15/alex-otti-ochendo-and-election-thieves-abia-state-ifeanyi-amanze

and i thought the guy is a reputable icon. pitiful!!!

Come the election re-run date,
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Alex Otti we know!
APGA all d way.
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#We shall be d 1st n not d last.

No matter the delay, the collective will of the people will eventually prevail.

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Couldn't agree more with you Ifeanyi. That disgrace of a governor needs to be put in his place . its one thing to rob Abians of true democracy for 8 yrs but trying to hijack the will of the people is totally unacceptable..

Ohkay

Why are APGA sore losers?. They should pick the phone and congratulate PDP

Okezie Oluwasegun Ikpeazu must rule Abia State. Orisha Metuh abeg Show dem pepper. Roll out tanks on the streets if needed

We can borrow you Koro to do the necessary rigging

PDP must rule the whole SouthEast.

[size=14pt]The same PDP you wish for the SouthWest must rule everywhere in the SouthEast[/size]

BTW whats the difference between APGA and KOWA ? Both have no single senator

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Ok

Pdp all the way

When people say 2015 election was free and fair, political bigwigs laugh at the public and international observers.

free ni, prison koh.

It is a game of the smartest rigger cruising to victory, although there are few exceptional cases.

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This will make a good book.

Ochendo global transformed Abia from better to worst

Apga all the way

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this election election matter we know go rest?

All I know is that T. A Orji is the thief, period.

okezie was know. there's no place for opposition in the SE

Dharniel:
and i thought the guy is a reputable icon. pitiful!!!

T.A Orji! An Icon?! Tufiakwa

We are tired of Ochendocrasy in Abia State.

It's clear a majority of the people in Abia State are tired of Ochendo and everything related to him. The major argument of those against Otti (mainly some Ngwa people) is simply that Okezie is an Ngwa man and it's the turn of Ngwa to govern Abia State. With due respect, the wishes of a particular group of people is secondary in a situation like this. The electorates were not consulted when the zoning arrangement was made and can therefore not be displeased because of it.

The rigging in ss and se is just too much....imagine buhari could not get more than 5% in almost all the state over there ..

Dharniel:
and i thought the guy is a reputable icon. pitiful!!!

Oga did you even read d post? Huh?

South East and South South always rigging senselessly. Shame!

Okay,

Who won eventually?

Abia state needs help

ooh.. when will the mighty japan of Africa rise again.
God help Abia.