By Francis Igata

ENUGU—The chairmen of the 17 local government areas in Enugu State under the aegis of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, have lashed out at the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Okey Ezea, over his call for the cancellation of last Saturday’s election on alleged grounds of irregularities and violence perpetrated by the PDP.

Acting under the aegis of  ALGON, the council bosses in a statement by chairman of the group, Cornelius Nnaji, described the allegations by Ezea as baseless, false, misleading, and a calculated attempt to discredit the integrity of the PDP and competence of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in conducting transparent, peaceful, free and fair elections in the state.

Nnaji regretted that the APC governorship candidate, against the advice of the PDP, prior to accepting defeat, went ahead to exhibit his usual trend of mischief, blackmail and arrogance by raising false alarm against a properly conducted election in Enugu State.

He insisted the last Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in Enugu State were transparent, peaceful, free and fair.