Aba Poll: Kalu Concedes, Says PDP Won With 20,000 Thugs

Mascot Kalu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Saturday’s House of Representatives election in Aba has conceded victory to his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP rival, Chimaobi Ebisike. Kalu, however, said that the PDP won the Aba poll after mobilizing 20,000 thugs to intimidate voters.

According to him he pulled back from challenging the thugs in order to save lives as he said that he won lives but lost the election.

Mascot who is younger brother to the APC leader in the state and penultimate governor, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu  GreenWhiteGreen GWG reported was defeated by Ebisike who polled a total of 10322 votes to defeat Kalu who scored 3674 votes.

Noting how he was overwhelmed by what he claimed as PDP thugs, Kalu said that not even the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof. Joseph Ilor was spared.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG has been unable to confirm this allegation.

But saying that he would not contest the election in court, the APC candidate said:

The statement reads,

“The March  27, 2021 Aba North  and Aba South Federal Constituency by-election  is over, and Peoples  Democratic Party (PDP)  has been declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC), we  appeal to our members to accept the outcome of the elections in good faith while appreciating them for making the Party stronger in Abia. ”

” While the opposition wanted the election at all cost , we chose life over blood shed and therefore won lives and lost the polls. To us, that was a greater victory . ”

” The level of  thuggery, violence and rigging that occurred in the election calls for a deeper review of  our electoral laws .  Every country is peculiar to it’s people , all Nigerian  should support the electoral laws that is being amended  as it would assist us in getting our democracy strengthened. The electoral laws as it is renders the security agencies with arms weak in the face of violence at the polls  and therefore needs a revisit . Granted that the armless police should be inside the polling units, the armed should be within fifty meters away from the units .”

” Our opponents flooded the city with thugs numbering over 20, 000. Traders were threatened with text messages to keep away or lose their lives . ”

“My campaign officers  and our Party agents were kidnapped , even the Resident Electoral Commission (REC) , Prof Joseph  Iloh was manhandled by thugs  at Aba polytechnic.”

“We campaigned vigorously and Aba people were expectant of improvement from what late Ossy Prestige of blessed memory did. My only concern is that Aba people lost.  They lost a quality representation and chance to have added infrastructures in Aba . ”

“We were winning in more than 400 polling units and they kept using thugs to harass the INEC officials and scare our voters . Our voters ran for their lives . In a city with over 497,000 voting strength, less than 15,000 votes were recorded in the entire election.”

“I commend the INEC and  security agents who were overwhelmed and I congratulate them  for their services and the risk they took to protect the citizens.”

“I also thank the  National Chairman of the Caretaker Extraordinary Committee,  His Excellency,  Gov. Mai Mala Buni , Aba North and South Party Chairmen and all our party faithfuls for their support in the election.”

“Even though we have enough evidence to reclaim our mandate , we won’t be going to the court . This is to allow the declared winner to concentrate and provide good representation and infrastructure to the good people of Aba.”

“Once again I thank the Aba people for coming out en masse to vote for the APC and I congratulate the winner , Chimaobi Ebisike and the PDP,  not because they won but because it’s gentleman to do so .”

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