8 Million Eligible Voters Were Not Allowed To Vote In The South-East – Peter Obi

Defeated Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Peter Obi, has cried out against INEC for disenfranchising more than 8 million eligible voters in the South-East during the recently-concluded elections.

He stated that the polls were intentionally programmed to make sure that zone did not partake the way they should.

He also noted that out of the 10 million registered voters in the South-East zone, just 20 percent could exercise their franchise.

His words, “You will recall that on election day, I said the process was clumsy and we also had a major problem with malfunctioning card readers. Most people couldn’t vote as a result.

“When over 4,000 card readers got burnt, it became clear that something was wrong somewhere and the Independent National Electoral Commission could neither save the situation nor allow people to vote manually.

“But in some other parts of the country, people were allowed to vote manually and it was accepted by the electoral body.

“How can you tell me that states like Yobe and Borno produced more voters than Anambra and Ebonyi states put together?

“The two states have been at war. I wonder how they got card readers that were working so well, despite the war situation in which they found themselves.”