The National Executive Committee of OHANAEZE NDIGBO in a special session held on Saturday 13th February 2010 at her Head office, 7 Park Avenue, GRA, Enugu, after deliberating on the conduct of February 6 Gubernatorial election in Anambra State makes the following release:
1. Congratulates the good people of Anambra State for a peaceful and successful Governorship election and commends the electorate for turning out massively to exercise their civic responsibility and for heeding our call for a free, fair and credible election by conducting themselves orderly.
2. NEC further commends the high quality of electioneering campaigns of all the candidates prior to the election especially their spirit of sportsmanship. We do hope that the Anambra experience will open a new chapter in the annals of politics, elections and electoral process in Nigeria.
3. NEC therefore congratulates Mr. Peter Obi for being declared the winner, indeed all the candidates for placing the interests of Anambra people above personal interests. In as much as we agree that individual candidates reserve the right to seek legal remedy for perceived wrongs, we urge that such steps be based on substantive grounds to avoid elongated litigations. Nothing should be done to affect good governance and service delivery to the Anambra people.
Notwithstanding the signs of new beginning arising from the Anambra election, urgent steps should be taken to rectify numerous lapses experienced during the said election.
INEC must brace up to all its responsibilities pre to post elections. In the age of I.C.T., lapses in voters register, verification and voting are no longer acceptable.
NEC calls on the National Assembly to expedite action on the review of the electoral laws as recommended by Rt Justice Uwais Electoral Reform Committee.
Signed
Prince (Engr.) Ralph Ndigwe
National Publicity Secretary
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