Anambra: Why Soludo Is Now Desperate To Hold LG Elections – Labour Party Fumes

After pulling back from his pre-election pledge of conducting local government elections within six months in office, Governor Chukwuma Soludo is now in a race against time to conduct the polls, but the Anambra LP is alleging constitutional breaches

The Anambra State chapter of Labour Party (LP) has rejected plans by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to hold local government election in the state under regulations it claims are unconstitutional.

GWG.ng reports that the electoral commission has scheduled the polls for September 28 but Labour Party is kicking against various proposals it said are illegal and meant to foist a fraud on the state.

The state working committee of Labour Party at a press conference during the weekend, told journalists that it will head to court to contest what it called the hurried amendment of the state electoral laws by the House of Assembly on the prompting of the state Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo.

The party said: “The trending matter of the moment as we all know is the proposed forthcoming Anambra State Local Government elections.

“As much as the State House of Assembly did not make any budgetary provisions for the proposed Council Election, we are shocked and at a loss as to the speed of amendments upon amendment of the State Electoral Law even extending into the wee hours of night.

“The governor is under intense pressure to conduct the LGA election before October, 2024 or lose the monthly Local Government Fund Allocations to a holding account as ruled by the Supreme Court of Nigeria.”

Anambra LP said that after a careful study of the amended Electoral Law to guide the Local Government elections it has resolved to go to court to challenge the proposals.

“We will approach the court to challenge some of the obnoxious clauses in the
hastily amended laws. We as a party are getting prepared to participate in the election once the right and lawful things are done, and without prejudice to the outcome of the judicial proceedings pending before the court.”

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