Ifeanyi Chukwuka Igbokwe, the candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) for Bende Federal Constituency in the February 25, National Assembly election in Abia State, has dissociated himself from a legal suit at the tribunal challenging the outcome of the election.
Briefing newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, Igbokwe said he had long accepted the victory of Benjamin Okezie Kalu, who is now the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.
He, therefore, urged the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) to fish out those allegedly impersonating him in court over the outcome of the election.
Igbokwe said, “I have continued to read the reports of a legal suit surreptitiously filed by my humble self against Kalu. I came here to say that for the umpteenth time, I did not file a legal action against Kalu, and I have cried out to the security authorities that I was impersonated.
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“It must be emphasised that I was the only candidate of AA in that election. And if anyone should approach the courts, it should be me. Once again, I challenge anyone who says he is Ifeanyi Chukwuka Igbokwe other than me to reveal his true identity and counter my position in this issue.
“Impersonation anywhere in the world is a serious criminal offence that is punishable under the law. Let those who went to the appeal court unmask themselves for the world to see them.
“I, therefore, call on the police, the DSS and other security agencies to immediately fish out these impersonators and bring them to justice.”
