The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Saturday, November 11, election in Imo state, Athan Achonu, has declared that he has great hope for the nation’s democracy.
Achonu spoke after voting in his Umunumo Ward in Ehime Mbano local government area of the state.
He said: “I believe that Mr. President wants to give us free and fair election in Imo State. So, I feel great and have great hope for democracy in Nigeria.”
On the voter apathy, Achonu attributed that to the fear over the unusual movement of security personnel in the area.
Achonu noted: “Several of them have never seen this number of security personnel in their lives before. But we were able to douse the tension and reassured them that the security personnel were in the area for their own protection and the protection of the process. So, they will be coming out.”
On the allegations of diversion of electoral materials, he said: “We already have that information and are still verifying them. We even heard that electoral materials for Orsu LGA were diverted to the house of a particular traditional ruler. But, we want to verify them before we go public.”
