Governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Fintiri has expressed concern over the conduct of Edo state election held on Saturday, saying Nigeria’s democracy experienced yet another attack.
Gatekeepers News reports that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo the winner after gathering the highest votes of 291,667,
The chairman of PDP campaign council for the election said the poll was influenced by “vote-buying, disruption of collation processes, and suspicious results”.
He said, “I weep for Nigeria’s democracy after witnessing the shameful Edo Gubernatorial poll.”
Before the announcement of the final results, Fintiri, Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo; and Asue Ighodalo, PDP candidate in the election held a press conference.
Fintiri reeled out collated results of some Edo LGAs and was immediately criticised by politicians of the opposition party for allegedly usurping the powers of electoral umpire.
He added, “The APC’s desperate attempts to discredit me by falsely claiming I announced results won’t distract from the real issue. I merely shared results from INEC’s Irev portal, as collated by INEC from the various Local Government Areas.”
“What’s truly shameful is APC’s national chairman flying into Edo with a private jet on election day, defying movement restrictions, while their Governors used armoured escorts to intimidate voters.”
“This blatant disregard for democratic norms is the real brigandage.”
“Nigerians are outraged, slamming INEC for compromising and favouring APC. The reported vote-buying, disruption of collation processes, and suspicious results with more votes than accredited voters undermine trust in our democracy.”
“Democracy indeed is under attack. We must condemn this rape of democracy and demand accountability. The world is watching, and Nigeria deserves better.”
