POLLS: Okorocha calls for judicial inquiry into ballot box snatching, vows to accept defeat if he loses

Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has called for judicial inquiry into reported cases of ballot box snatching and violence during the governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state.Okorocha made the call on Saturday after voting at his Ekenta Ogboko Ward 002 in Ideato South Local Government Area of the state.Decrying the incidents which had become part of the polity, he said that the nation would have overcome such vices.He said there were cases of ballot box snatching and
violence in some parts of Ngor Okpala, Aboh Mbaise and in Izombe and Agwa in Oguta Local Government Area.He alleged that his Senior Special Adviser on Media, Mr Sam Onwuemedo was arrested and later released.

“People involved in these acts should be brought to book. They should set up a judicial panel of inquiry to look into election crisis.“It is high time this situation was brought to an end,” he said.Okorocha, however, expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the election in his area, saying that it was free and peaceful.He expressed optimism that the All Progressives Congress, APC, will win the elections in the state based on its popularity.He, however, said that it was too early to make an assessment or categorical statement on the election until the end.“I will accept defeat if the result is not manipulated,” Okorocha said.