The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate in Abia State, Dr. Alex Otti, has rejected the result of the exercise announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC0 in the early hours of yesterday, describing it as a rape of democracy.
Addressing journalists in his campaign office in Umuahia, the state capital, Otti called on the people of Abia, whom he said the result had thrown into mourning, to mourn no more, assuring that steps would be taken to address their grievances.
He advised Abians not to resort to brigandage or thuggery, saying two wrongs could not make a right.
“I am calling on my people to remain calm and steadfast. They should ensure that they maintain the peace. The election has come, but it has not gone; the battle has just started,” Otti said.
He assured Abians that he would stop at nothing to ensure that the mandate they had freely given to him, “not as an individual, but as agent of change,” would not be stolen.
Otti stated: “Evil can never triumph over good. And if it seems that it is triumphing, it is only momentary because good must prevail.
“We are going to challenge this charade at the tribunal, and we are very confident that with the wind of change in the entire country, that change will not be obstructed in Abia State. We are standing on the path of justice because in this whole process, we have remained on the path of truth and refused to be lured into anything wrong and because we are standing on the path of justice, we must get justice.
I know a lot of my supporters in Abia State are angry. If you go round the state today, it is like a dark cloud covering the whole state. There may be pockets of rejoicing, but those are pockets. Ninety percent of Abians are mourning. They are mourning, not because somebody died, but because their will has been truncated, the mandate they had freely given, has been stolen.”
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