A former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose, and the\u00a0man who lost his bid to be PDP southwest chairman, Eddy Olafeso, have said that the election of the South-west zonal congress of the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) was rigged.<\/p>\n
Speaking on a Channels Television programme on Wednesday, Fayose said, \u201cI am not satisfied with all that happened. But I want peace and nothing but peace for the Southwest.<\/p>\n
After mentioning the calibre of persons namely one sitting governor, two former governors and seven former deputy governors supporting Taofeek Arapaja, who contested against his preferred candidate, Eddy Olafeso, ex-governor Fayose remarked that \u201cThe world can see a one-man army.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked, \u201cwould you say that the election was rigged?\u201d Fayose responded, \u201cvery clearly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Olafeso,\u00a0 the\u00a0\u00a0immediate former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South-West, said ” There are a lot of things the public didn\u2019t know about the Congress. There are a lot of flaws and frauds. But as a party man who has been a member of the PDP for 22 years, I decided to give peace a chance in the PDP Southwest.It\u2019s a fact they used thugs; it is obvious and should be noted how the rules were broken when Oyo State people were to cast their votes”.<\/p>\n
According to Olafeso who spoke in Akure, the Ondo state capital \u201cThey broke the rules when they merged all the tables and the people of Oyo state were writing together against the doctrine of a secret ballot system used for the conduct of the election when the other fives states voted.\u201cThe implication of this was that Mr A could see what Mr B wrote. The people could not vote according to their conscience as it was no more a secret ballot system like what was done in the other five states who participated in the Congress.<\/p>\n
\u201cApart from the controversial delegates list from Oyo state, it may interest you to also know that ten out of my votes were voided. Ten votes were voided against me and also, a clear case of over-voting was established\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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