Enugu State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the 2015 general elections, Okey Ezea, has tales of woes to tell over the recent local government polls. He alleged that he was attacked by thugs hired by political opponents in his hometown, Itchi in Ibagwa-South Local Government Area. In this interview with reporters in Lagos, he narrates his ordeals and makes suggestions on how to avert violence during elections. Emmanuel Oladesu was there.
What is your position on the outcome of the recent local government elections in Enugu State?
I was the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State in the 2015 general elections. The state government called for local government election and gave us their words that it will be free and fair; that parties would be called to come and participate and voters would be allowed to vote freely to elect their counselors and chairmen, but nothing like that happened.
‘I was abducted, almost killed during Enugu council polls’
