Arrest, Prosecute Obiano Now – APC
The news that the name of Chief Wilie
Obiano appears twice in the
voter register of the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC)
Voter Register is a sad commentary on the
quality of candidature that
the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has
thrown into the rings in
a contest involving men who should
ordinarily live another board.
We hereby demand the apprehension of
Chief Willie Obiano for this
criminal offence and full-scale investigations
into charges by INEC
and all security agencies, with a view to
applying the full weight of
the Electoral Law as spelt out in Section 12,
Subsection 2 and 3 of
the Electoral Act 2010, as amended.
The cited sections read as follows:
(2) No person shall register in more than
one registration centre or
register more than once in the same
registration centre.
(3) Any person who contravenes the
provisions of subsection (2) of
this section commits an offence and is liable
on conviction to a fine
not exceeding N100,000 or imprisonment
for a term not exceeding one
year or both.
It is extremely worrisome that at a time
when we thought that
standards and moral standing of men and
women who offer themselves to
serve in public office have risen for good,
the nation is faced with
an embarrassing situation where a
candidate who wishes to lead a state
as complex and dynamic as Anambra State
has turned out to be a common
criminal.
We are convinced that if APGA, a wing of
PDP, as presently constituted
had broad-based structures covering at
least the entire South East
Nigeria, and was properly run as a political
party, instead of a
closet store, the latest incident would have
come to light before the
primaries.
Beyond the criminal nature of this sad
occurrence, it is also
noteworthy that one of the six candidates
who were disqualified before
the stage-managed primaries in which an
Obiano was handpicked by his
business partner was supposedly axed for
not being in possession of an
INEC voter’s card.
Once again we, demand on behalf of
Anambra State voters and the nation
a thorough and professional and speedy
investigation to into the
APGA candidate’s double registration saga.
Okelo Madukaife
For: All Progressive Congress (APC)
Interim State Publicity Secretary

These guys are sitting on a long thing.