Imo Guber Poll: PDP says Uzodimma cannot win free, fair election
The opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Imo state governorship candidate, Hope Uzodimma, cannot win a credible governorship election in the state.
The PDP’s national publicity secretary, Debo Ologunagba, disclosed on Tuesday in Abuja that Mr Uzodimma has no fighting chance against the PDP candidate, Senator Samuel Anyanwu.
The opposition party has also said that all electoral indicators in the state show that Mr Uzodimma has been rejected by the people.
According to Mr Ologunagba, “The APC knows that it does not have the mandate of the people. Governor Uzodimma has no visible organic support base in any part of Imo State. He has never won any election in the State because he is detached from the people, including in his home, Orlu zone.”
He continued, “the indicators are clear, and the November 11, 2023 election will not be different. Governor Uzodimma will not win in any polling unit in a free, fair, and transparent election because Imo people have found a credible, sincere, humane, and approachable leader in Senator Anyanwu.
“That is why the APC has been resorting to violence and intimidation of innocent citizens, destruction of property, and devising various means to frustrate opposition parties in the electoral process and to compromise institutions of democracy, having realised that it cannot win in a peaceful, free and fair contest.
“But I can assure you that the people of Imo State are bigger than the APC, and they are resolved to resist the APC, particularly in the coming election.”
Meanwhile, Mr Ologunagba also restated PDP’s demand for the immediate removal of the Imo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Sylvia Agu.
According to Mr Ologunagba, Mr Agu’s removal would ensure an impartial, free, fair, and credible governorship election in Imo State.
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