{"id":118113,"date":"2025-04-29T22:51:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T21:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=118113"},"modified":"2025-04-29T22:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T21:51:03","slug":"rep-ogah-petitions-inec-over-election-results-forgery-by-labour-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/rep-ogah-petitions-inec-over-election-results-forgery-by-labour-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep Ogah Petitions INEC Over Election Results Forgery by Labour Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A member of the House of Representatives representing Isuikwuato\/Umunneochi Federal Constituency,\u00a0Abia State, Hon. Amobi Ogah has accused the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, of forging official election result sheets in a desperate bid to overturn her 2023 electoral defeat.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a petition dated April 14, 2025, and addressed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ogah called for the immediate investigation and prosecution of the minister, alleging that she masterminded the production and submission of fake polling unit results during the 2023 National Assembly election tribunal proceedings.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Titled \u201cForgery, 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,\u201d the petition reads like a political thriller, complete with shocking claims of forgery, falsification of public documents, and conspiracy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am constrained to write you,\u201d Ogah stated, \u201cin a bid to contribute to the cleansing of our electoral system and stem the tide of brazen criminality threatening the soul of our democracy.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lawmaker narrated how, after being duly declared winner of the hotly contested 2023 elections and issued a Certificate of Return by INEC, Onyejeocha approached the tribunal in Umuahia to challenge his victory. But what unfolded, he claims, was not just a legal challenge, but an elaborate scheme to subvert the will of the people.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Ogah, while he defended his mandate using certified true copies of election results obtained from INEC\u2019s office in Umuahia and its IReV portal, Onyejeocha shocked the tribunal by tendering an entirely different set of result sheets for 63 polling units, allegedly manufactured to support her claims.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThese documents,\u201d he declared, \u201cwere not only alien to the INEC offices in Umuahia and Abuja, but were rejected by INEC staff as outright fabrications.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further alleged that officials from both the Abia State INEC office and the ICT unit at the national headquarters in Abuja disowned the documents submitted by Onyejeocha. \u201cThey reaffirmed the authenticity of the results I presented, which were duly certified by your commission,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Backing his claims with damning court rulings, Ogah pointed to the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which he said openly questioned the authenticity of the documents presented by Onyejeocha during the legal tussle, yet another layer in the emerging scandal.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe results Onyejeocha paraded were fake, clear and simple. There can only be one authentic result from each polling unit,\u201d Ogah insisted. \u201cThe fact that she allegedly procured and tendered falsified INEC documents is not just criminal; it is an assault on our democracy.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sounding both resolute and defiant, Ogah warned that should INEC fail to act swiftly, he would escalate the matter to the highest levels, including seeking an order of mandamus to compel action.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is no longer about politics. 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