Electoral misconduct: Police arraign PDP gov agent, three others

The police on Tuesday arraigned a Peoples Democratic Party
governorship elections agent in Imo State, Mr Uche Onyeaguocha and
three others, in an Owerri Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged
electoral misconduct.

Others arraigned with Onyeaguocha are Steve Asimobi, Paschal
Onwukaike, and Oliver Enwerenem.

The police charged the defendants with ten counts bordering on
disorderly conduct during the election, destruction of election
materials, disrupting of election process and destruction of INEC
result sheet.

Chief Magistrate R.O. Nworka admitted the defendants to bail on
self-recognition, after considering a bail application moved by
Onyeaguocha’s lead lawyer, Mr Loius Alozie (SAN).

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Onyeaguocha, a former
House of Representative member was arrested by security agents on
Sunday after allegedly destroying Ideato South LGA result sheet at
the INEC office.

Onyeaguocha’s action, however, led to a temporal suspension of
the announcement of governorship result by the returning officer,
Prof. Francis Atunta, Vice Chancellor Michael Opkara University of
Agriculture.

Onyeaguocha in an interview with NAN said his action was to
defend democracy and to liberate Imo people from perpetual
bondage.

(NAN)