Uba Vows to Pursue Petition against Soludo
Omolosho Fatai Olamilekan
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State recent governorship election, Andy Uba has vowed to challenge the victory of Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo at the tribunal because he has strong evidence that the elections were rigged.
Speaking with journalists on Saturday, the Deputy Director, Senator Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation, Ikechukwu Onyia, stressed that his principal believed that Soludo’s victory was owning to manipulation of the election.
Onyia also said Uba seeks intervention at the tribunal in line with Electoral Act and constitution.
He added that Uba had a good case at the tribunal because his votes at some places like Abatete and Oba in Idemili North were not recorded.
He hailed the tribunal’s ruling which ordered the inspection of the Certified True Copy of the materials used in the election.
He said, “It is pertinent to emphasise for the umpteenth time that Senator Uba’s determination to diligently pursue his petition is propelled by his genuine desire to use the instrumentality of government to set new development agenda for the state and prove that Anambra can be better than what it currently is under APGA’s 16 years watch.
“We hope to prove our petition before the court. We have enough evidence to prove that INEC declared Soludo the governor elect in error or deliberate attempt to deceive the general public.
“Therefore, in line with his earlier stand that there are valid grounds to challenge the results declared by INEC, Uba will go on with his petition at the tribunal challenging INEC’s declaration of Soludo as the governor-elect.
“Like some people are saying, ‘Anambra is not Imo’ because of the Supreme Court intervention, but they have forgotten that before Imo, court had removed two governors and APGA benefitted.
“Court removed Ngige and APGA benefited, court removed Uba, 17 days of being sworn in, not because Uba’s election was fraudulent, but because court said Peter Obi’s tenure has not elapsed; again, APGA benefited. So, before Imo, APGA had benefited in the removal of two governors in Anambra.
“The victims of the judgments did not kill themselves. So, if after judicial interrogation and they found out that Uba’s petition has merit, they should declare him and give him judgment, APGA will tow the same line Uba and Ngige did when they lost.”
The Anambra gubernatorial election was held on November 6 and Prof. Charles Soludo of APGA was declared a winner by INEC. He polled a total of 112,229 votes, 44.96% of the total votes cast to defeat his closest rival, Mr. Val Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who came second with 53,807 votes, while the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Andy Uba came third with 43,285.
