RIGGING ANAMBRA ELECTION'LL NOT BE POSSIBLE - JONATHAN

President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday presided over what was termed as mother-of-all rally organized by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) inOnitsha, Anambra State with a promise that nobody can rig the November...

16 Anambra Governorship election.
He warned that any party or candidate, no matter how popular or highly
placed found to have indulged in any form of rigging or electoral
manipulation/malpractice would be dealt with accordingly.
President Goodluck Jonathan speaking while been flanked by Alhaji
Bamanga Turkur, PDP National Chairman (left) and Comrade Tony Nwoye,
PDP Governorship Candidate in Anambra (right) with other PDP top
stalwarts during the rally.
Jonathan who spoke Wednesday at the Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity,
Onitsha during the rally, declared: "Nobody will allow election
rigging in Anambra State as the Federal Government, Security agencies
and INEC have been positioned to carry out their duties without fear
of favour".
Jonathan who affirmed his support for PDP candidate in the election,
Comrade Tony Nwoye, stated that the election would now afford Anambra
State the opportunity to regain her rightful position in the political
main stream after the November 16 governorship election.
He also affirmed that as a youngman, the PDP candidate Comrade Tony
Nwoye had shown some leadership attributes as a leader and called on
the electorate to shun party affiliations and vote for a PDP
candidate.
The President eulogized the enterprising attributes of Anambra people,
even as he disclosed that although the state was one of the smallest
in the counrty's land mass, it was blessed with rich and enterprising
people.
He observed that this Saturday's governorship election in the state
would be historic as it shares the same date when the late Dr. Nnamdi
Azikiwe was born and urged the electorate to shun election
irregularity.
Earlier in his speech, the national chairman of PDP, Alhaji Bamangar
Tukur rhetorically asked why Anambra People should take the back seat
in the country's political scheme and urged the electorate to vote in
Nwoye as he was poised to transform the state.
Also speaking, the governor of Akwa-Ibom state, Chief Godswill Akpabio
remarked that Anambra State should rise and take her destiny in her
hands by voting in a youthful candidate in the name of Tony Nwoye.
He said that he was able to transform his state, Akwa-Ibom because of
the enormous support given to his administration by the youths and
called on the state electorate to be ready to vote PDP into power to
become the 24th member of PDP-controlled state.
The state chairman of PDP, Chief Ken Emeakayi thanked PDP supported
for all their support to the President and assured that PDP would take
over the state come march 17, 2014.
Prince Arthur Eze, a PDP financier and Hon. Anayo Nnebe, former
Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, said Jonathan would not be
foolish enough to abandon his biological child-PDP and go for his
adopted child, another party.

*Vanguard.