Governor Fayose " INEC Rigged Ondo Election For APC "

Gov. Ayodele Fayose and Lere Olayinka

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has rejected the outcome of the Ondo State governorship election, alleging that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) connived with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and some collaborators in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to rig the election before it was conducted.

“Just as I would have loved to congratulate the winner, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, because in every contest there must be a winner and a loser, the role of INEC in awarding victory to him in the election left much to be desired,” said Mr. Fayose in a statement issued by his special assistant on public communications and new media, Lere Olayinka.

According to the governor, INEC awarded victory to the APC by deliberately replacing the name of Mr Eyitayo Jegede, the PDP candidate, thereby creating a legal logjam that lasted till three days before the election.

He alleged that the PDP went into the election with its hands tied to the back because of INEC’s uncharitable actions, adding that the electoral body acted as an arm of the APC. He asserted that, apart from running against the APC, Nigeria’s other political parties were also now contesting elections against INEC.


Source: SaharaReporters.