By Michael
Abimboye
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the result
of the Edo state governorship election announced by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC).
Speaking at a press conference, the PDP state chairman, Dan
Obih, said the results it’s agents collected from all the wards as at last
night is totally different from what is being announced by the INEC.
He said: ”contrary to claim that we brought 8000
militants, it’s clear that nothing like that happened. The delay in the
announcement of the result by INEC has shown that the result was predetermined
and written.
“What is being announced is contrary to the turnout of
voters, even the national chairman of the APC acknowledged this fact. But I
tell you, when the official result is announced, it will be clear that result
does not match the turnout.
The PDP candidate, Ize-Iyamu said the election was marred
with irregularities stressing that some security agencies collaborated with
INEC officials to disenfranchise voters in some parts of the state. Speaking
categorically, he said APC could not have won Oredo LGA despite evidence of
violence at George Idah Primary collation centre by APC thugs. When asked what
his next line action is, Ize-Iyamu said his team will examine all the
result and publish in the newspaper what should have been the result.
The PDP supporter staged a protest outside the INEC’s
collation centre in the state in the morning of Thursday, September 29.
In another development, the candidate of the All
Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Osaro Onaiwu, has called for the
cancellation of the Edo state gubernatorial election. Onaiwu who admitted that
“the turnout was impressive because Edo people wanted change,” said the
exercise was fraught with financial inducement and violence.
Source: Naij.com
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