ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State has accused Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of plotting to rig Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The incumbent governor, Kayode Fayemi, is the APC candidate and one of his major challengers is Ayo Fayose, the candidate of the PDP. The new National Chairman of the APC, John Oyegun, made the allegation of rigging in his speech on Wednesday during the inauguration the new executives. “My first message today is to President Goodluck Jonathan regarding a series of occurrences that point to the fact that the PDP is bent on rigging the elections and writing the results of the Saturday elections in Ekiti even before the polls open,” said Mr. Oyegun who was elected at the APC National Convention that ended last Saturday. “Less than 72 hours to the governorship elections in Ekiti, there are ominous signs that the PDP led government is bent on influencing the outcome of the elections come Saturday June 21st,” he added. Mr. Oyegun said his party would “accept the outcome of the election in Ekiti unless the authorities provide convincing explanations to the series of questionable developments in recent times. “In the last several days, many developments have occurred that have exposed the covert and criminal effort to subvert the rights of the citizens of Ekiti and the country’s electoral law.” Mr. Oyegun mentioned some of the incidents as the arrest of about 11 persons, who were allegedly thumb printing printed ballot papers, by security operatives at a building owned by Mr. Fayose’s campaign manager; and the gun attack on Mr. Fayemi and APC supporters by the police leading to the death of one of them. The party chairman also accused a serving minister of being involved in the sinister plot to rig the election. “On Tuesday, June 17th, 2014 two loaded aircraft landed at the Akure airport with undisclosed content. The presence of the Minister of State, Defence, Musliu Obanikoro who was on ground to ensure the safe delivery of the cargoes suggests official collusion and knowledge. “The contents were immediately loaded into a bullion van under the watchful eyes of the Minister of State, Defence, Obanikoro,” he said. Mr. Oyegun said, “This series of developments and events are undeniable pointers to a desperate plot to rig the elections at all cost. “We warn Mr. President, that election rigging in a particular of the country in the past has always had serious consequences for the government in power and the country as a whole. As it happened in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Republics. The APC will not fold its arms and watch the electoral process being brazenly subverted. “Our party will not accept any result from Ekiti that does not flow from a transparent election. We are not asking for any favors. We only demand a free and fair election.” The party also called on the international community to be vigilant on the elections.
Posted on: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:38:12 +0000
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