THE Director-General of the Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the Labour Party in Akwa Ibom State, Captain Augustine Okon, says the party has enough evidence to prove it won the presidential election in the state.
Okon told journalists at a press conference in Uyo on March 3 that the party would recover, through legal means, the mandate he claimed voters gave it at the presidential and National Assembly polls on February 25.
“The Council has collated enough evidence to prove that the Labour Party candidate won the presidential election in the state,” he said.
He expressed dismay on the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload results to its Results Viewing (iREV) portal despite earlier assurances by the chairman of the Commission, Yakubu Mahmood.
He noted that INEC’s resort to manual collation and announcements of the results not only gave room for suspicion, but also indicated a “grand gang up” to suppress the will of the people.
He expressed optimism that the party would recover “its mandate” through legal means, as it had enough evidence to do so.
Harrison Edeh is a journalist with the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, always determined to drive advocacy for good governance through holding public officials and businesses accountable.