Thousands of supporters of the Peoples for Democratic Change (PDC) took to Enugu streets on Wednesday in protest over the declaration by INEC that Senator Gilbert Nnaji of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the Enugu East Senatorial election.
The protest paralysed activities in some parts of the State, as some commercial banks equally shut their doors.
This is as former governor of the state, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani, also the PDC’s Enugu East Senatorial candidate vowed to sustain the protest until his “stolen mandate is restored in the state”.
In the protest tagged, “Occupy Enugu”, in which placards of various inscriptions were displayed, the rampaging party supporters accused INEC of working with the PDP’s Nnaji to thwart the will of the people in the election.
They stated that the PDC’s candidate and former Governor of the state, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani and not Nnaji won the election, stressing that INEC results obtained from the polling units lent credence to the claim.
He accused Nnaji of conniving with security officials in the state to rig election at the zone in his favour, stressing that anything other than “restoration of my mandate will be acceptable to the people”
From Agbani road, the protesters who chanted solidarity songs in support of Nnamani moved coal camp, Enugu north local government headquarters and Ogbete main market where traders were forced to close shops and joined in the demonstration.
But effort to get into Obiagu, on the new layout part of the state was resisted by troops drawn from the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu and Mobile Policemen, who fired several gunshots and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
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