The returning officer in Anambra Central Senatorial District election, Mr. Alex Anene, yesterday, claimed his life was in danger for refusing an offer of N10 million naira to announce a mutilated result.
Anene had earlier in the day, jetted out of the Awka South INEC collation centre following pressure on him to announce the result of the senatorial election in Njikoka Local Government Area during the senatorial election which was mutilated.
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) agent had protested the alleged mutilation of the said result by the returning officer of the local government, Prof. Nonso Nnabuife.
Addressing newsmen yesterday, Anene said that when Nnabuife brought the result, he noticed that Nimo Ward 1, 2 and 3 were mutilated while that of Enugu Ukwu was cancelled.
He inquired why the results were tampered with but the returning officer said he cancelled them himself, and asked him to contact the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC). When he did, he alleged the REC directed him to accept the mutilated result. He, however, said his conscience and training could not allow him to accept it. Hence, he dropped the materials and left the place.
He further said: “In the process, there were advances on me to announce the mutilated result with an offer of N10 million naira, a duplex and training of some of my children by people suspected to be agents of one of the interested parties. But my conscience was against such things. My life is in danger now. I don’t know where to go, that is why I ran to you the press.”
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