Andy Uba, the Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the just concluded Anambra State governorship election, has rejected the outcome of the election and vowed to reclaim what he described as his stolen mandate in court.
Uba came
a distant third, losing both his Uga Ward and Aguata Local Government Area to
the eventual winner, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo of the All Progressives
Grand Alliance (APGA), the ruling party in the state.
Expressing
his frustration on Saturday while addressing party members and supporters, Uba
questioned the credibility of the exercise, saying that it was impossible for
him to have lost including in areas where APGA Ward Chairmen defected to APC.
He insisted that the election was fraught with a lot of irregularities and that
he would challenge its outcome in court.
“I am
confident that APC will reclaim the stolen mandate at the court,” Uba said.
He urged
party members not to be discouraged by what happened on November 6 and during
the Ihiala supplementary ballot of November 9, expressing confidence that the
party would win in court.
According
to him, once he is fighting, he does not look back.
He
thanked God for keeping every member alive throughout the campaign and
election.
Uba
described what happened during the election as a temporary setback, stressing
that the party would retrieve its mandate.
He also
decried the activities of party chieftains who allegedly worked against APC
during the election.
“I am not
hungry and nobody here on the high table is hungry and by grace of God we will
recover this mandate,” he said.
Speaking
during the meeting, Uba’s running mate, Barr. Emeka Okafor, equally said he
would not accept the outcome of the election.
Alleging
that there were a lot of odds against the party during the election, Okafor
said that INEC did not come to his polling unit until 3pm and by 4pm election
ended.
“I am
confident that we will retrieve the mandate in the court. It is not you all
over yet,” he said.
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