Nigeria, Aug. 19 -- Recall that the INEC had announced Chief Emma Nwachukwu of the APGA winner of the election, placing Amamgbo at a distant third. In an exclusive media chat in Awka on Tuesday, Barr Amamgbo described the exercise as a dangerous pattern of systemic sabotage, desecration of all democratic norms, collusion, and deliberate disenfranchisement that threatens the nation's democracy.

Noting that elections are meant to be the ultimate expression of the people's will, Amamgbo regretted that Saturday's by-election was instead a carefully-orchestrated charade designed to suffocate and decimate the people's voice and choice, while ultimately undermining the credibility of the process.

He revealed how, on the eve of the elections, t...