It is not yet a period of festivity for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the 16 registered political parties in the state have jointly called for the cancellation of the April 11 governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.

Also, the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Ikot Ekpene senatorial district, Chief Inibehe Okori, has described the elections as a sham that cannot stand legal scrutiny.

The calling for the cancellation of the election was contained in a letter signed by the Chairman of Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) and state chairman of DPP, Mr. Martins Inyang and 15 others chairmen/agents of opposition parties in the state to the National Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega.

The opposition parties in the state alleged wide spread irregularities, violence, seizure and hijacking of election materials. The parties maintained that the PDP collaborated with police and INEC to perpetrate the rigging of the elections in an exercise they sponsored governorship and house of assembly candidates.

“The election did not hold at the units except at residences of the leaders of PDP, where materials were diverted to and protected by the Police”; adding that fake result sheets and ballot papers were used in the general conduct of the election.

“The were instances where our agents were brutalised, maimed and killed. The voters/electorate were deprived of their right to cast their votes freely and therefore there could never e a result from where there was no voting,” the opposition parties said.

Sore losers