Anambra: APGA will win again and again —Obi

GOVERNOR Peter Obi of Anambra State has denied allegation of rigging levelled against him in the conduct of the state gubernatorial election, saying that those who are crying over the outcome of the election can continue, but they will never win in the state.
He said in a chat with State House correspondents in Abuja, on Monday, that even if the Anambra governorship election was conducted 10 times, the ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) would emerge victorious.
While insisting the APGA won the election, he stressed that he was never part of any move to rig the election, as he had no money to prosecute such a venture.
Obi noted that those who were calling for the cancellation of the election were losers who had no opportunity to rig the exercise in favour of their candidates.

While most of the fringe political parties have welcomed the conduct of the election, major parties, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Labour Party (LP) have rejected the polls where the ruling APGA has been declared the leader in the results so far released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The governor said: “I can tell you that there was no issue of election rigging. Those who wanted to rig were prevented from rigging and they are crying.
“Go to the people of Anambra State, if you repeat that election 10 times, they (those crying) will never win. Why are they even talking about cancellation?
“The law says you have to win at least 25 per cent in two thirds of the local governments. In Anambra’s case, it is 14 local governments. Only APGA can boost of that. We won in 18 local governments.
The nearest, which is PDP, won in nine, APC seven and I can tell you even those results they are shouting about their own are the ones that are doubtful.
“Everything for APGA is real. I cannot be part of rigging. I don’t have money to pay to people. You know those who spend money. I am not one of them.”

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