Shortly after the judgement of Justice James Abundaga of the Abia North Election Rerun Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia,stakeholders including students, market women, traders and artisans thronged the streets of Umuahia and Aba to register their displeasure over the verdict.
The tribunal chairman had on Thursday struck out the petition filed by the Progressive Peoples’ Alliance (PPA) and former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Kalu against the declaration of Mao Ohuabunwa of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the controversial election.
Though it was a peaceful protest, the looks on the faces of the people were disturbing and alarming as they could not hide their unhappiness over the decision of the tribunal.
As they moved from one street to the other, the protesters were seen singing and carrying placards with different inscriptions such as “Kalu is the authentic winner”, “Appeal Court return OUK”, “We want OUK”, “Ikpeazu, T.A Orji and MAO are enemies of Abians”
According to them, the ruling is biased and against the wish of the people, adding that Abia State government used taxpayers money to buy the judgment in support of the PDP candidate.
Speaking with our reporter, a student of Abia State University and a native of Ututu in Arochukwu LGA, who requested anonymity, said, “It is saddening and worrisome that the people’s wish can be denied. The March 16 rerun election was going on peaceful until the PDP thugs and agents including serving state officials stormed some polling units in Arochukwu Local Government to snatch ballot boxes and papers which they thumb-printed and stuffed with their own materials.
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