Anselm Ojezua, one of the aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Edo governorship aspirants, says last weekend’s ward congress in the state was not free and fair.
Mr Ojezua said during an interview with journalists in Abuja on Friday that only two officials conducted the election in 192 wards.
He described the exercise as a mockery of the party’s regulations and processes, adding that only two officers signed the result sheets in all 102 wards.
Mr Ojezua said nine out of the 10 aspirants were excluded from the exercise and only saw the result sheets when they arrived in Abuja to appeal against the process.
He said the sheets were signed by the chairman of the ward congress committee, Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State and the committee secretary.
“What I find more disturbing is that the chairman came in midway through the exercise and went to two locations.
“It was when he came that he made a call to the deputy governor, who is one of the aspirants, informing him that he had just arrived and would love to meet with the aspirants.
“He said he was waiting for his counterpart and that as soon as he arrived, he would inform us.
“We waited, and the next day, at about 4:00 p.m. or thereabout, we saw him on television saying that he had been to two locations and that the process was free and fair,“ he said.