YPP boycotts Anambra LG election over violence, irregularities

The Young Progressives Party, YPP, has boycotted the ongoing Anambra State assembly elections successful Anambra East Local Government Area implicit allegations of unit and electoral irregularities.

Anambra State on Saturday held its section authorities election, with the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, fielding chairmanship candidates successful the 21 LGAs and councillorship candidates for the 326 wards successful the state.

Other absorption governmental parties successful the authorities failed to contiguous candidates for the election, but the YPP, which presented a candidates for chairmanship presumption successful Anambra East Local Government Area, arsenic good arsenic councillorship candidates for the electoral 15 wards.

The party’s Local Government Collation Agent for Anambra East, Mr Charles Ifediora, who announced the boycott of the predetermination by his enactment members, alleged that the ruling party, APGA, and the authorities authorities connived to instigate violence, scaring the absorption distant connected predetermination day.

He said 1 of the the party’s pistillate members was deed by gunfire during the incidental and was taken to infirmary for treatment.

Ifediora said the concern became tense aft YPP agents and supporters assembled astatine their designated locations to enactment successful the election.

He alleged that nary of his part...