APC Rejects Timetable For Council Polls In Enugu

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Enugu State chapter has expressed dissatisfaction over the local government election time table released by the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC).

In a communique issued at the end of APC stakeholders meeting in Enugu, APC rejected what they described as Jam-packed activities by ENSIEC.

The communique was jointly signed by the state chairman of APC, Barr. Ugochukwu H. Agballah and Barr. George Ogara, APC Deputy Governorship candidate in the last general election.

The communique  stated that  “we wish to express our strong objection to the jam-packed activities intended to wear down the opposition parties. 

“But above all, APC Enugu state is still in court with ENSIEC for disenfranchising APC candidates and the shoddy conduct of the last LG election, which in all intents and purposes was a charade. 

The court matter is still subsisting even as the state authorities have been employing all manner of delay tactic to thwart justice. 

“ENSIEC is not and has never pretended to be a transparent electoral umpire and Enugu state citizens don’t have any iota of confidence in the body. It is a historical fact that ENSIEC has never conducted any local government elections since its inception in Enugu state. In due course, therefore, the party will in no distant time address the general public on her final position on the proposed local government elections in the state and the duplicitous pretensions of EINSEC to give the false impression to the unwary that it is an electoral body,” it said.