{"id":54123,"date":"2016-10-28T20:21:42","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T19:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=54123"},"modified":"2016-10-28T20:21:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-28T19:21:42","slug":"fayose-inec-decision-ondo-election-advance-rigging-says-democracy-danger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/fayose-inec-decision-ondo-election-advance-rigging-says-democracy-danger\/","title":{"rendered":"Fayose: INEC decision on Ondo election is advance rigging, says; democracy in danger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The decision taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission<\/p>\n<p>(INEC), recognising someone who did not emerge through any known electoral<br \/>\nprocess as the candidate of the PDP is<br \/>\nAPC led federal government rigging the election\u00a0 in advance.<\/p>\n<p>The APC has decided to rig the Ondo State election even before it is<br \/>\nconducted and this is sad commentary for our democratic process that was<br \/>\nnear perfection before the advent of this APC government.<\/p>\n<p>Curiously, the same scenario played out on the Edo State governorship<br \/>\nelection and INEC took decision different from what it took on the Ondo<br \/>\nState election.<\/p>\n<p>With the development in Ondo Guber election and the decision of the<br \/>\nIndependent National Electoral Commission\u00a0 (INEC), it is clear that INEC<br \/>\nis a department in APC led federal government.<\/p>\n<p>By this development also, I am vindicated that other political parties and<br \/>\nstakeholders are now contesting election against INEC.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, INEC at every election adopts new strategy to procure undue<br \/>\nvictory for the APC and it appears that the agenda to turn Nigeria to a<br \/>\none-party state will be ruthlessly pursued by these elements not minding<br \/>\nif democracy is destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>With the desperation of the APC and its INEC collaborator, democracy will<br \/>\nobviously be destroyed and Nigerians will face hopelessness.<\/p>\n<p>I am convinced that the future is bleak if nothing is done to stop this<br \/>\nmonster.<\/p>\n<p>I warned and I am still warning that there is danger ahead in all sectors,<br \/>\nespecially our electoral process. However, I must say that I am not<br \/>\ndisappointed because leopard will never change the colour of its skin.<\/p>\n<p>The question is; who will save Nigeria from this tyranny and dictatorship?<\/p>\n<p>The way these people are going, Nigerians may wake up into the suspension<br \/>\nof the National Assembly and the Constitution sooner than later.<\/p>\n<p>The so called progressives should therefore learn from this development<br \/>\nand stop this complacency.<\/p>\n<p>A stitch in time saves nine.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), recognising someone who did not emerge through any known electoral process as the candidate of the PDP is APC led&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fayose: INEC decision on Ondo election is advance rigging, says; 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