Forum of State Independent Electoral Commission of Nigeria(FOSIENCON) Commends governor Otti for conducting credible LG polls

By Editor , Umuahia

The Forum of State Independent Electoral Commissions of Nigeria (FOSIECON) has commended governor Alex Otti, OFR, for conducting free, fair, credible and violent-free Local Government election in the state.

Recall that Abia state had its council election last Saturday wherein mayors and councillors emerged.

FOSIECON gave their commendation on Sunday November 3rd, when they paid the Governor a working visit at his Umuehim Nvosi country home, Isiala Ngwa South LGA.

The body having visited and observed parts of the state on the election day where the exercise took place, adjudged it credible and impressive.

.The forum expressed satisfaction on the turnout of voters saying that it shows that the people are pleased with the administration of Governor Otti and are with him.

The leader of the delegation Hon. Sidi Ibrahim Mukhtar from the Sokoto State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) who spoke on behalf of the group said, it was their tradition to visit any state conducting Local Government election to observe, advice and learn in order to improve on their own elections.

In his words, “We observed the election, we saw the number of people particularly the women who came out to vote. We told the chairman that what we saw and what you have done shows that the people are with you and we pray that this will continue.

“We salute you and we congratulate you for conducting this successful, free and fair election. We moved freely, there was no where we were challenged.”

They also thanked the Governor for providing them with security and all the necessary logistics to travel to different parts of the State where they observed the election.

Governor Otti while receiving the body, thanked the FOSIECON for coming to Abia, for participating in the election, for their observation and positive kind words.

He expressed happiness on the huge turnout recorded in the election. He said he was satisfied with the outcome of the election which the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) won in 15 Local Government Areas and Young Progressives Party (YPP) won the remaining 2 Local Governments.

“We are happy that the turnout was quite huge. We are also happy that the election was transparent, free and fair. We are happy with the result that had just been declared less than 12 hours ago; I believe that everybody is also happy with it” Gov. Otti declared.

“In Abia, what we told our people is to seek out the best candidates and vote for them irrespective of political party. We believe that political parties are platforms but what makes the party are the individuals in the party,” governor Otti said.

He thanked the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission for the wonderful job did in conducting a credible election. He said that some of the observation made will be worked on to continue to improve the electoral process.

The Chairman of Abia State Independent Electoral Commission, Prof. George Chima thanked Governor Otti for providing them with all they needed to make the November 2nd, LG polls a huge success.