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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejects in its entirety the results
concocted by the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security agencies, in the
governorship election in Ekiti state and declared by INEC.
The party in a statement signed by its Spokesman, Kola Ologbondinya said
it rejects the falsified results and declaration of APC candidate, Dr.
Kayode Fayemi, to be the winner of the election, describing it “as a
daylight robbery, a brazen subversion of the will of the people and direct
assault on our democracy.”
According to the statement, “from the authentic results flowing directly
from the polling centers across the state, it is clear that the PDP
candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, incontrovertibly won the election,
with very comfortable margin over the APC candidate, only for INEC to
allow the alteration of results at the collation centers.
“Painfully, the people of Ekiti state were pillaged, openly brutalized,
confronted with the worst form of cruelty and intimidation from security
agencies, and their mandate, which they freely gave to the PDP, was
snatched at ‘gun point’ by enemies of democracy, who are parading
themselves as icons of anti-corruption.
“Nigerians are witnesses to all manipulations by the APC, aided by
security agencies and compromised INEC officials, to rig the election,
particularly, the audacious alteration and substitution of election
results in favour of the APC at the collation centers amidst the
brutalization of our agents.
“The PDP has the details of all the polling units where we won, mostly
with very wide margin ahead of the APC, only for the security agencies
to chase away our agents, then aid the alteration and swapping of such
results with those smuggled in by the APC at the collation centers.
“We have the detail of the discrepancies between the authentic results
from the polling units and the false figures eventually announced by
INEC.
“It is also instructive to state that all the issues we raised ahead of
the election, including the conspiracy between the APC, some compromised
INEC officials and security agencies; the importation of thugs from
other states by the APC; the use of brute force against our members, the
falsification and alteration of results in favour of the APC, all
manifested in the election.
“We know how APC conspired with INEC to bring in card reader machines
belonging to Kogi, Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Ogun states into Ekiti state to
enable APC members from these states to vote in Ekiti election with
ease.
“Nigerians will recall the irresponsible and inciting statement credited
to the factional National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, where
he threatened that the opposition will be “crushed” in this election.
“The APC governorship candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi, also vowed that they
will “cage” the Ekiti State governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose.
“These threats were carried out with the full collaboration of our
security agencies.
“Furthermore, the PDP has details of how APC state governors and federal
ministers diverted huge sums of money from their states and ministries
to bribe top officials of INEC, particularly, those in the ICT
Department as well as security agencies to perfect the brigandage
against the people of Ekiti state.
The PDP holds strongly that there is no way our democracy can survive
with an electoral process as witnessed in Ekiti state under President
Muhammadu Buhari and the current INEC leadership.
“This bare-faced subversion of the will of the people is a clear recipe
for crisis and we invite Nigerians and the international community to
hold President Buhari, the APC, the INEC Chairman and heads of security
agencies in Nigeria responsible should there be any breakdown of law and
order in Ekiti state as a result of this election.
“This robbery of the franchise of Ekiti people is a horrible rape of our
democracy and it is most uncharitable that it could happen under the
watch of President Muhammadu Buhari as well as the participation of the
APC, who hugely benefitted from the credible electoral process midwifed
by the PDP in 2015.
“It is shameful that APC and President Buhari, who jointly won a pan
Nigerian election in 2015, now rely heavily on brute force to deliver
their gubernatorial candidate in Ekiti state. This, indeed, is very
shameful!
“Finally, let it be known to all that, surely, this electoral banditry
will not stand. The PDP is already collating all the infractions in this
election and within the possible timeframe, we shall make our next step
to reclaim our stolen mandate public.
Signed:
Kola Ologbondiyan
National Publicity Secretary