BY NONSO IKE, ABUJA
The Imo North Senatorial election has continued to attract attention.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP says based on already collated results of the February 23, 2019 Imo North Senatorial election, as well as March 9 re run poll, in which its candidate, Hon. Patrick Ndubueze is in clear lead, the commission should announce the results of the election.
In a statement signed by the party’s publicity secretary,  Kola Ologbondiyan, the party cautioned that continuous delay in announcing the  final result, after returns, have been established at the polling units, wards and local Governments levels, is already increasing tension.
The party claimed that the results have been moved to INEC headquarters in Abuja following the harassment of INEC officials in Imo State by agents of All Progressive Congress and Action Alliance, AA which it said is losing in the election.
According to the party, From the collated results in the February 23 elections, the PDP won in all the Local Governments in Imo North before polls in two local governments; Isiala Mbano and Ehime Mbano were cancelled and scheduled for rerun.
Already, from the results declared, the PDP led in Okigwe, Onuimo, Obowo and Ihite/Uboma Local Government Areas with 21, 254, ahead of APC and AA, which scored 12,756 and 12,236 respectively.
At the March 9 rerun elections, when the AA and the APC realized that the PDP was winning, they resorted to mutilation and alteration of results, particularly with the collaboration of collation officers in Ehime Mbano, before the intervention of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), who called for proper scrutiny of documents following protests by the people.
The PDP believes that the INEC had completed its investigation on the documents and results of the rerun election, which established our victory in that election.
The party therefore urges Prof. Yakubu to douse the tension in Imo state by directing the declaration of the final results and return our candidate, Ndubueze Patrick, who has been legitimately elected by the people of Imo North to represent them at the Senate.
