BY TONY EDIKE

ENUGU – THE  Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest over alleged rigging of the December 10 Chairmanship election in the council by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, demanding outright cancellation of the poll.

The protesters, including men, women and youth, armed themselves with placards some of which read: “There is no election in Awgu”, “PDP must stop imposing unpopular leaders on the people”, “Mbanabo North PDP denied us our right to vote”, Victor Nwankwo is our choice and ACN is the party” and “We need a better change in Awgu for good governance”, singing war songs as they marched around the premises of Awgu Local Government Secretariat.

The protesters faulted the declaration of the PDP candidate, Mr. Mathanas Nnanna, as winner of  Awgu chairmanship seat with 17,000 votes by Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, saying they were shocked to hear that a winner emerged from the poll when no election held in the area.