Igbo youths give INEC chairman seven-day ultimatum over commissioner

By Ugochukwu Alaribe
UMUAHIA — The Pan-Igbo Youth Assembly (PIYA) has given the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, seven days to redeploy National Commissioner Ken Nnamdi Ukeagu from supervising Imo, Anambra and Ebonyi states.
The group threatened to occupy INEC offices across the South-East and the commission’s national headquarters in Abuja if its demand was not met within the stipulated period.
PIYA also announced plans to mobilise Igbo youths for demonstrations across the five South-East states, other parts of the country and the diaspora should INEC fail to act.
The group said the seven-day ultimatum was sufficient for the ...