THERE was great jubilation in major towns and cities in Abia State last Thursday as news filtered into the air that the Progressive Peoples Alli­ance (PPA) candidate at the Abia North Senatorial rerun poll, Dr. Orji Kalu has filed a suit at the tribunal against the controversial outcome of the March 5, 2016 rerun poll.

The PPA candidate had through his legal team led by Mr. K. C. Nwufor (SAN) ap­proached the tribunal sitting in Umuahia to protest mas­sive electoral irregularities that robbed him of victory at the poll.

According to our report­ers who visited Aba, Umua­hia, Arochukwu and Igbere, youths, traders, artisans and old women took to the streets in large numbers in a carni­val like event, with most of them moving from one pub and canteen to another to cel­ebrate the development.

Speaking, Okoye Onome, a tailor in Aba decried the level of suffering the people of Abia State have been sub­jected to due to mismanage­ment of the state resources by the immediate past adminis­tration in the state.

He said, “Kalu is the peo­ple’s choice.

“He will give the people of Abia North a strong voice.

“Carry go, OUK. You are the best!”

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At the popular Akara junc­tion in Isuikwato LG, a pub owner who craved anonymity said, “my turnover is high to­day because people are happy as OUK has challenged the election result in the court”.

Chief Daniel Akwari, pop­ularly known as Osu Uzo, a PPA leader in Item, Bende LG, said,” The rerun poll was characterised by widespread rigging by the PDP and its agents, who used the state government machinery to disenfranchise the electorate.

“It is expected to see people throng the streets, singing and dancing to welcome the deci­sion of their preferred choice at the rerun poll, Dr. Orji Kalu to challenge the controver­sial result in favour of Mao Ohuabunwa of the PDP.

“The people know who they voted for and have vowed to reclaim their stolen mandate through the court.

“We have faith in the cred­ibility of the judiciary to de­liver us from the electoral fraudsters and return our sto­len mandate.