Rep Amobi petitions INEC over alleged forged polling results in Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Election

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee connected AIDs, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, Hon. Amobi, has accused the Minister of State for Labour, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, of forging predetermination results successful the 2023 National Assembly elections.

Amobi Ogah, who represents the Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Imo State, made the allegations successful a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) dated April 14, 2025, titled “Forgery, Uttering and Tendering of Allegedly Forged Polling Unit Result Sheets Arising Out Of The 2023 General Elections In Respect of Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency Of Abia State By Hon. Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha.”

The petition work successful part: “I americium constrained to constitute you successful respect of the above-referenced matter, successful a bid to marque my publication to the ongoing efforts astatine sanitizing our electoral strategy and curtailing to the barest minimum each forms of criminality successful our country.

“Though clip does not tally against a ailment astir a crime, I americium presenting this petition a spot precocious owed to the information that I needed to stitchery each the applicable materials and accusation indispensable for the palmy presentation, investigation, and prosecution of this complaint.

“I americium the Honourable subordinate representing the Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency successful the House of Representatives, portion Hon. Nkeiruka Chidubem Onyejeocha is astatine contiguous the Hon. Minister of State for Labour & Productivity.

“Hon. Onyejeocha and I, among different candidates, were contestants for the Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency spot during the 2023 wide elections.

“At the adjacent of the elections, I was declared the winner, and a Certificate of Return was issued to maine by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Hon. Onyejeocha proceeded to the Election Tribunal successful Umuahia, Abia State, to situation the result of the election, seeking that she beryllium returned arsenic the victor of the election.

“Your bureau had, astatine the adjacent of the elections, issued certified copies of the Polling Units, Wards, LGAs, and Constituency results relating to our Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency election, including copies downloaded from the | – REV Portal.

“All persons who applied to your Commission were fixed copies of the effect sheets upon outgo of the prescribed fees. I applied and was fixed each the aforementioned results with which I defended the petition filed astatine the Election Tribunal by Hon. Onyejeocha, against my declaration arsenic victor of the election.

“Surprisingly, successful the people of the Election Tribunal proceedings, Hon. Onyejeocha procured and presented to the Tribunal a antithetic acceptable of Polling Unit results successful respect of sixty-three (63) Polling Units that seemingly had INEC certification connected them.

“These sixty-three (63) Polling Unit results were wholly antithetic from the authentic results issued and certified by your bureau successful Umuahia, Abia State, and the INEC National Headquarters successful Abuja.

“Sir, it volition involvement you to cognize that applicable unit of the INEC bureau successful Umuahia, Abia State, and those successful the ICT Unit of your office successful Abuja denied cognition of the results procured and tendered astatine the Election Tribunal by Hon. Onyejeocha. Your unit arsenic reaffirmed the authenticity of the results tendered by me, which were issued and certified by your Commission.

“It is evident from my communicative supra that these sixty-three (63) Polling Unit results tendered by Hon. Onyejeocha were fake and a merchandise of an workout successful forgery. There tin beryllium lone 1 authentic Polling Unit effect successful an election, which successful this case, your bureau confirmed to beryllium the results that were certified and issued to maine by INEC.

“It is successful airy of the supra that I telephone connected your bureau to analyse this evident enactment of forgery and prosecute Hon. Onyejeocha and each her accomplices.

“I americium alert that the extant laws empower your Commission to analyse and prosecute electoral offenders, and that prosecution of offenders has agelong been commenced, with adjacent convictions secured.

“I undertake to marque disposable to your investigative team, copies of the authentic acceptable of results tendered by myself and the forged results tendered arsenic exhibits by Hon. Onyejeocha during the proceedings astatine the Election Tribunal. Both sets of results person been certified by the Registry of the Election Tribunal, who person custody of each documents tendered astatine the Tribunal.

“I volition arsenic marque disposable to your officers the certified transcript of the grounds of proceedings of the Election Tribunal and the judgments of the Tribunal and Court of Appeal that heard and determined the Petition filed by Hon. Onyejeocha.

“Furthermore, it is important that I notation present that the Court of Appeal, successful their judgment, gave credence to the information that the results tendered by Hon. Onyejeocha were not the authentic INEC Polling Unit results, thereby affirming my presumption that the results presented by her were fake and forged.

“Finally, licence maine to authorities that I volition not lone escalate this request to the tribunal of nationalist sentiment and different applicable agencies of authorities but volition arsenic question an bid of mandamus against your Commission to enforce my demand, should you neglect to commence enactment timeously.

“It is my anticipation and supplication that this substance volition beryllium thoroughly investigated, successful the involvement of our electoral system. Please judge the assurances of my highest regards, portion thanking you successful anticipation of your punctual action.”