The Ebonyi State Chairman of the Labour Party, Henry Ude, made the allegation while addressing journalists after leading party officials to the EBSIEC office to obtain nomination forms for the polls. “We are here to collect our party nomination forms because we intend to participate in this upcoming local government election. Ude also expressed concern over the alleged high cost of nomination forms associated with the election process, arguing that such costs undermine the credibility of the polls. There is an underground plan to disenfranchise Labour Party because they are afraid of us,” Igiri alleged. According to him, issuing nomination forms to individuals not recognized by INEC could expose the commission to legal challenges.