“We Will Not Vote”: Imo People Rant in Video as INEC Officials Arrive Polling Unit Without Result Sheet
- A shouting match and mild chaos broke out at a polling unit in Owerri, the Imo state capital, after INEC officials announced the absence of the result sheet
- The angry voters were not pleased with the news and insisted that they would not vote unless the sheet was provided
- A displeased lady at the polling unit wondered how INEC officials would show up for election duty without the result sheet
Residents at a polling unit in Girls' Secondary School Akwakuma Owerri, Imo state, went into a frenzy after INEC officials showed up for duty without a result sheet.
In a video shared exclusively with Legit.ng, the voters still at the unit expressed their displeasure over the development.
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One lady's voice rose the loudest. She could be heard shouting that they would only vote if the result sheet were provided.
When quizzed, the lady, identified as Awulonu Judith, said she arrived at the polling unit by 7:00 am and met a large turnout.
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She said the crowd waited patiently for INEC officials, who finally arrived at precisely 1:00 pm. Judith said the officials that showed up were for just polling unit three and that accreditation commenced by 1: 19 pm.
Judith said everyone was lined up for voting when one of the officials announced that there was no result sheet. According to the official, it would be provided later. In her words:
"I was here by 7:00 am because of the time given to us. We, the people have been here waiting patiently for INEC officials to come. At exactly 1:00 pm they came here but it was only pulling unit 3 that came and others also waiting for them to come. They arrived by 1:19 pm. And everyone was lined up to go for accreditation.
"Only for the Official to tell us that there is no result sheet but we should do the vote and later, they will bring the sheet. The people refused to do so, urging them to go and bring the results sheet..."
Judith added that the officials said the line of the lady who went for the result sheet was switched off.
"Now they were trying to call who went to bring the sheet but currently, her line is switched off.
"How can INEC officials come to an election polling unit? An election they have been preparing for months and years, telling us there is no result sheet?"
Watch the video below:
INEC removes name of Imo PDP candidate for reps seat
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that INEC had removed the name of Imo PDP candidate for the House of Reps seat from its list.
The electoral umpire removed his name from the list of House of Representatives candidates scheduled for the February 25 election. The withdrawal followed the court order by the Appeal Court in January.
The electoral commission added "court order" as part of the reasons for the withdrawal. In January, a Federal High Court in Abuja sacked the federal constituency candidate of the PDP in the state, Albert Agulanna.
Source: Legit.ng
