http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/akunyili-sue-returning-officer

. . .says she was traumatized by bribery allegations.

don't say you might, you must sue that criminal, Anene.

prettyG:

http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/akunyili-sue-returning-officer

. . .says she was traumatized by bribery allegations.

She should brace up for more political punches afterall this is politics and Nigeria's own version is a do-or-die kung fu version of politics.

Infact, she should see herself as someone undergoing political training. Its politics for survival of the fittest and if she does not mind soiling her reputation then she should be steadfast in the ring.

dem_people:

She should brace up for more political punches afterall this is politics and Nigeria's own version is a do-or-die kung fu version of politics.

Infact, she should see herself as someone undergoing political training. Its politics for survival of the fittest and if she does not mind soiling her reputation then she should be steadfast in the ring.

you just took the word out of my mouth, wonder how long it will take them to sanitise the system so any well meaning nigeria can survive it. anyway i sense GEJ want to use her and push for somethings in that house.heard she said she wil spill the beans once she get there , thats why pple like david mark and others dnt want her any where around chamber. am watching ,

prettyG:

http://dailytimes.com.ng/article/akunyili-sue-returning-officer

. . .says she was traumatized by bribery allegations.

Traumatized ke?? Her pikin die?
Gra-Gra don too much.
Abeg make she go siddon jor!

SUNDAY SUN NEWSPAPER

Ngige vs Akunyili: Anene begs INEC
•Prosecute him -Akunyili
By Olusola Balogun, Lagos & Dom Ekpunobi, Onitsha
Sunday, April 24, 2011


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Dr. Alex Anene, the controversial Returning Officer at the centre of the electoral dispute involving former governor of Anambra State, Dr Chris Ngige, and former Minister of Communications and Information, Professor Dora Akunyili, over the disputed Anambra Central senatorial district election, has apologized to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).Sunday Sun learnt from a reliable source.

INEC has, however, ordered a fresh election on Tuesday, April 26 in Enugu-Ukwu and Nimo wards 1& 3 where the elections results could not be obtained. Ngige is of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) while Akunyili is the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate.

A member of the six-man investigating panel raised by the INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, to probe the controversy that trailed the announcement of the result of the election told Sunday Sun that Anene, a Chief Accountant at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, had apologized for embarrassing the commission.
Anene, had initially alleged that his life was in danger and that some top APGA members had offered him N10 million, a duplex and scholarship for his children if he would agree to announce a result he considered mutilated.

He later announced Ngige as the winner of the election.
But the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Professor Chukwuemeka Onukogu, said that Anene had absconded from his duty post, and so went ahead to appoint a new Returning Officer who declared the result announced by Anene as null and void because the election was inconclusive in some wards.
The dust raised by the crisis attracted the attention of Jega, who empanelled a body to look into the controversy and make recommendations.

But the panel member, who asked not to be named explained: “Anene had to apologise when he was faced with all the facts of the matter and he realised that he erred.He told us he did not set out to mar the integrity of the election. ” According to the source, five people appeared before the panel, namely Prof Onukogu, the new Returning Officer, Professor Charles Ezimone, Anene, the INEC training officer, Mr Ewa, and the collation officer for Njikoka local government, Professor E.L.C Nnabuife. Those invited were asked to support their written presentation with documents. They are to present their position and also defend it.

Said the member: “While Nnabuife stood his ground that the election results in some wards were inconclusive and stood by an advertorial published in a national daily, Anene could not defend his announcement that Ngige won. “When the panelist asked him how he got his figures since the electoral officers from Nimo wards 1 and 2 had said the results was snatched while the electoral officer from Enugu Ukwu also didn’t submit anything, Anene told the panel that he got the figures from party agents but refused to give their names .

“He was, however, very sober when reminded that as the Returning Officer he was supposed to deal with the Collation Officer and INEC agents and not party agents who could be biased. “At a point, the panel became a case of Anene versus Nnabuife because the latter was the collating officer for the three wards, who Anene should have collected his figures from. “Nnabuife also told the panel that he saw Anene driving away in a Peugeot 406 with two men minutes after he told the latter the problems he’d encountered from the three wards.”

Anene was also said to have suddenly become incoherent when asked to substantiate his allegation that some people close to Akunyili attempted to bribe him. The panel member also revealed that INEC agreed with Prof. Ezomone that although Akunyili got 66,273 while Dr. Ngige got 65,576 of the concluded votes, the election should be declared inconclusive since the results from Nimo 1and 3 and Enugu-Ukwu meant 19,000 votes were missing.

Akunyili has, however, called on law enforcement agencies to prosecute Anene and his accomplices for electoral offences. Fielding questions from newsmen, she said the announcement made by Anene had adversely affected her numerous supporters. The former Information Minister said: “It is obvious that somebody paid Anene to do what he did and all of them should be made to face the wrath of the law.”

She disclosed that she would still take legal action against Anene and his alleged accomplices for tarnishing her image and that of her family over allegation bribe.The APGA candidate said many of her supporters were unhappy with the bribery allegation, but added that she would explain the true position to them.
Akunyili said Jega’s announcement for fresh election in the three wards has again raised her trust and confidence in the future of Nigeria.