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The All Progressives Congress has blamed Saturdays inconclusive governorship election in Imo State on the State Independent National Electoral Commission.

The Director of the Rochas Okorocha Campaign Organisation, Mr. Iheukwumere Alaribe, made this known while speaking with journalists in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday.

Alaribe accused INEC of colluding with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to declare the election inconclusive, in spite of overwhelming evidence that the APC won in Imo.

He said, It is clear that the APC had the advantage of more than 79,000 votes over the PDP. We had the advantage of geographical spread, too and we were able to secure 25 per cent of the votes in all the local government areas in the state.

Alaribe argued that though, there was evidence that the people of Imo voted massively for the APC, it was shocking that the INEC conspired with the PDP to prevent voters in some parts of the state the right to perform their civic responsibility on Election Day.

Declaring that election did not take place in all the three LGAs in Mbaise land and results were also manipulated in Oru East as well as Ezinihitte, he noted that the governorship poll was inconclusive because of the connivance between INEC and the PDP.

He called on the Police and other law enforcement agencies to investigate the allegations of election malpractices against the Commission and the opposition party in Imo.

Regarding the current status of the election, he said, Although INEC has not officially communicated to us, we are prepared to submit ourselves for the run-off election. But, we want to be sure that it will be free and fair. If INEC had done the proper thing, the run-off would have been avoided.

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APC blames INEC for Imo gov inconclusive election

The All Progressives Congress has blamed Saturdays inconclusive governorship election in Imo State on the State Independent National Electoral Commission.

The Director of the Rochas Okorocha Campaign Organisation, Barrister Iheukwumere Alaribe, made this known in a meeting with journalists in Owerri, the state capital, on Monday.

Alaribe accused INEC of colluding with the opposition Peoples Democratic Party to declare the election inconclusive, in spite of overwhelming evidence that the APC won in Imo.

He said, It is clear that the APC had the advantage of more than 79,000 votes over the PDP. We had the advantage of geographical spread too and we were able to secure 25 per cent of the votes in all the local government areas in the state.

He said though there was evidence that the people of Imo voted massively for the APC, it was shocking that the INEC conspired with the PDP to prevent voters in some parts of the state the right to perform their civic responsibility on election day.

Declaring that election did not take place in all the three LGAs in Mbaise land and results were also manipulated in Oru East, as well as Ezinihitte, Alaribe noted that the governorship election was inconclusive because of the connivance between INEC and the PDP.

He called on the Police and other law enforcement agencies to investigate the allegations of election malpractice against the Commission and the opposition party in Imo.

Regarding the current status of the election, he said, Although INEC has not officially communicated to us, we are prepared to submit ourselves for the run-off election. But, we want to be sure that it will be free and fair. If INEC had done the proper thing, the run-off would have been avoided.

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APC blames inconclusive Imo gov election on INEC

Preliminary results from across the country indicate that the All Progressives Congress might win 18 or 19 of 29 states where governorship election held Saturday.

On the other hand, the Peoples Democratic Party might win in 10 or 11 states.

Our projection suggests that the opposition All Progressives Congress, which won the March 28 presidential and national assembly elections, will prevail in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, and Kwara states.

Others are Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Sokoto Yobe States and Zamfara states.

By that likely outcome, the PDP appears set to lose Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina and Kebbi to the APC.

The PDP on the other hand will most likely win in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe, Plateau, Rivers and Taraba states.

Imo is difficult to call for any of the parties at this time. Results so far released put the APC ahead, but the PDP may spring a surprise at the end of collation.

If the final outcome of the election stands that way, the APC will be in control of 20 states when two of its states Edo and Osun where governorship election did not hold Saturday, are added.

The party will also nominate the federal minister who will govern the federal capital, Abuja.

On the other hand, the PDP will be in control in 15 states, given that it is presently the ruling party in Ondo, Ekiti, Bayelsa and Kogi states, where governorship election did not hold Saturday.

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Interview with Aisha Buhari, wife of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress

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Interview with Aisha Buhari, wife of the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress - Video

Using her own words, and the words of other Democrats, a progressive group called on Hillary Clinton to take bold, populist stances in her second campaign for president.

As Republicans came at Clinton from the right on Sunday ahead of her anticipated announcement of a White House run, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) needled her from the left with a new YouTube video detailing the agenda it wants Clinton to support.

It opens with Clinton's own voice from her 2007 announcement, in which she said, "I'm not just starting a campaign though, I'm beginning a conversation. So let's talk, let's chat, let's start a dialogue about your ideas and mine."

It uses voice overs to suggest policy platforms like expanding Social Security, debt-free public college and Wall Street reform.

"The battle over the direction of the Democratic Party is coming to an end the Elizabeth Warren wing has won, and the battle of big vs. small ideas is here. Americans are ready for boldness," Adam Green, PCCC's co-founder, said in a statement. "We hope Hillary Clinton thinks big and takes on powerful interests on behalf of everyday working families. Progressives will continueworking to put big, bold, economic populist ideas at the center of the national conversation."

PCCC signed up high-profile Democrats to its Ready for Boldness campaign, including Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), both of whom have supported a Clinton run. The liberal group had a meeting with Clinton advisers to stress its desire to see a campaign built on populism, MSNBC reported last week.

Progressives have been hesitant to rally around a Clinton candidacy, with many holding out for Warren to run. Clinton has tried to strike the right tone in speeches over the past year to connect with those liberal grass-roots activists who abandoned her for Barack Obama in 2008.

[Iowa and N.H. leaders urge Clinton to campaign on Warrens big, bold agenda]

The concentrated pressure on Clinton to adopt a domestic agenda that looks like one that Warren would tout was on display Sunday morning when New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, who was Clinton's campaign manager when she ran for the Senate in 2000, wouldn't give her a full-throated endorsement.

"I think, like a lot of people in this country, I want to see a vision," he said. "And, again, that would be true of candidates on all levels. Its time to see a clear, bold vision for progressive economic change."

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In video message, progressives tell Hillary Clinton: Were Ready for Boldness