As I write, I am in high spirit, basking in the euphoria of a sure, but delayed victory of Okezie Ikpeazu Ph.D, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), against Alex Otti of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the 2015 governorship election in Abia State.
Against all odds and to the chagrin of many, Dr. Ikpeazu on December 8, 2014, emerged the candidate of the PDP, dusting very powerful and deep-pocket aspirants. He was never given a chance, but like he always sung, that it is the grace of God that is propelling him, pulled the stunt.
For many of us in the Okezuo Abia team, from the very beginning of the struggle, we envisaged a conspiracy, not against Ikpeazu as a person, but against the Ngwa people and many other common people of Abia State.
It is not news by now that the governorship election in Abia was declared inconclusive on the grounds of cancellation of some polling units in some LGAs in the state. The affected polling unites are in Osisioma, Ugwunagbo, Aba North, Aba South, Isialangwa South, Isialangwa North, Umuahia North, Umuahia south, Ohafia Arochukwu and Umunneochi.
Please note that election was not cancelled in the entire aforementioned LGAs, but in some polling units in the areas.
Before the election was declared inconclusive, the electoral officers had accepted results from the 17 LGAs of the state. And from the results accept by INEC, Dr. Ikpeazu of the PDP pulled defeated Alex Otti of APGA with 83,053 votes, haven recorded 248,459 votes, while Otti has 165,406 votes.
According to the Electoral Act, where the total number of cancelled votes is greater that the margin of the winner against the loser, the electoral body will organise an election in the affected polling units.
In this case, a total number of 177,000 votes were cancelled in some polling units in the aforementioned LGAs. 177,000 cancelled votes is greater than 83,053 votes which Ikpeazu is defeating Otti with.
Dr. Ikpeazu and the PDP are ready for the election in the cancelled units anytime INEC fixes it. And we are confident of winning again.
Below are the results already accepted by INEC from the 17 LGAs in Abia.
Isialangwa south: PDP = 7133
Apga = 5686
Arochukwu: PDP = 3032
APGA= 11383
Bende : PDP= 5164
APGA= 14263
Aba north: PDP= 6000
APGA= 24000
Isialangwa north: PDP=19798
APGA= 6853
Ugwunagbo: PDP= 17788
APGA=1022
Osisioma : PDP= 42122
APGA= 1017
Ukwa east : PDP=4261
APGA= 3140
Ukwa west: PDP=9154
APGA=4890
Umunneochi: PDP=4324
APGA=7349
Isiukwuato: PDP=5913
APGA= 8275
Umuahia north: pdp=18215
apga=15752
Umuahia south: PDP – 4,580
APGA – 5,973
Obingwa: PDP =82, 240
APGA=1952
Ikwuano: Ikwuano. PDP= 2465
APGA =4295
Aba south: PDP= 4871
APGA= 28823
Ohafia: PDP= 11,729
APGA= 17,690
Total for PDP= 248,459
Total for APGA= 165,406
This is a sure, but delayed victory. Okezuo Abia…together we can…it will surely end in praise.
