Dennis Aghanya Evaluates IPOB Impacts on Anambra Election

Written by Dennis Aghanya

IPOB HAS ALREADY DONE DAMAGE TO THE FORTHCOMING ANAMBRA STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION COMING UP TOMORROW

Calling off the earlier proposed sit-at-home order and encouraging Ndi Anambra State to come out enmasse to vote in the tomorrow’s Anambra State Governorship election by IPOB is medicine after death. The destruction is already done.

First, they discouraged a lot of eligible voters from updating their records or doing a new registeration where necessary. Many people failed to collect their PVCs out of fear as a result of IPOB’s threats and intimidation.

Secondly, they succeeded in scaring a lot of people out of the state and discouraged those who earlier planned coming home to cast their vote.

Thirdly, they caused the state to be over militarized with security agencies which usually has not worked well for the conduct of any election in Nigeria.

Finally, the threat by IPOB, the subsequent sit-at-home orders before now and the high profile killings in the state have already instilled fears and discouraged many from participating in tomorrow’s election.

All these implies that either IPOB acts before they reason or deliberate in calling off their sit-at-home order at the 9th hour for strategic reasons, but certainly not in the interest of the election.

It baffles therefore me that those who champions and hopes to administer the so called state of Biafra when they achieve it lacks tactice and basic logical reasoning. Tomorrow, somebody who may not be a popular choice for the state may emerge because of the blunder these urchins who suddenly found themselves issuing orders in the South East.

Even with the call off of the sit-at-home order by the IPOB, the entire streets of the SE were completely disserted today, a day before the election.

Time shall tell.