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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ebonyi State chapter has called for the release of their party members arrested and detained by the security agencies before, during and after the general election.
The acting Chairman of the party, Ifeanyi Nworie, disclosed this in a press conference in Abakaliki, where he rejected the result of the governorship and some House of Assembly elections conducted last Saturday in the State.
According to him, PDP governorship candidate Chief Ifeanyi Odii scored the lawful votes cast and not Chief Francis Nwifuru, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Nworie, who vowed that PDP will challenge the election result in court alleged that the election was marred by intimidation of voters and other electoral fraud.
Nworie, the candidate of the party for Ezza South state constituency at the poll, lamented that many PDP supporters in the state were arrested and put behind bars on trump-up charges during the election with some of them killed.
“Most PDP supporters were severely injured. Most of them are still in the hospitals and some of them were killed.
“My party agent at Onicha Igboeze, Oyibo Nwali was killed at the polling units where he was made to serve as a party agent on the day of the governorship election.
“On the same day, the Chairman of the party in Ezza South local government was killed in his polling unit.
“As the state Chairman of the party, my house was destroyed beyond repairs by political thugs and I know all of them that destroyed my house. I reported it to the police, I reported to the DSS and none of the perpetrators was arrested.
“As of today, most of PDP is still in detention. One of them is Dr Paul Okorie an elder statesman and a man of impeccable character. He was later released but today, they want to rearrest him”, he said.
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