Release My Certificate Of Return So It Won’t Cause Future Political Problem In Nigeria, Okorocha Urges INEC

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Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has continued to lament the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to issue him his certificate of return as Senator-Elect for the Imo West Senatorial district election.


Okorocha also went further to urge INEC to release his certificate of return so the issue will not cause any political problem for Nigeria in the future.
Recall that Okorocha had a couple of days said the electoral umpire was planning a “special ceremony” to issue him certificate of return after it presented certificates of return to elected federal lawmakers and he was not among.
INEC had refused to issue Okorocha his certificate of return after it alleged that the governor influenced the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC by making him to declare a winner “under duress”
“If you look at our website, we said that the declaration and return were made under duress and that we are not going to give any certificate to any person or any individual that procured a return under duress,” INEC had said.
The Commission also stressed that no candidate including Okorocha will be given certificate of return.
Okorocha while begging INEC to do the needful during a parley with newsmen at the government house in Owerri, on Tuesday, said he cannot fathom why INEC will chose to deny him his certificate of return due to a mere allegation.
He said; “I cannot understand how a mere allegation of somebody, an individual, talking about duress, which has not been proven by anybody, will stop INEC from giving me my certificate of return for an election that I won properly.
“I cannot understand why an individual’s report of a professor who lied, will now be taken more than the report by the Nigeria Police, State Security Service, that said there was no crisis, everything was peaceful. The returning officer should be called to order.”
Okorocha also went further to urge INEC to release his certificate of return so the issue will not cause any political problem for Nigeria in the future.




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