Kolapo Olusola, deputy governor
of Ekiti state, has rejected the results of the governorship election announced
by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The electoral body declared
Kayode Fayemi of the All Progressive Congress (APC) winner.
But Olusola alleged that
intimidation, oppression and inducement by security agents which he claimed
aided and abetted APC’s alleged manipulation of the electoral process that all
gave Fayemi the victory.
“You are all aware of the
unfortunate and dangerous events of the past 24 hours, in which our
governorship election was hijacked by political desperadoes leveraging on
“Federal might” to pervert the electoral process, subvert the will of Ekiti
people, and viciously steal the mandate willingly and freely given to me on a
massive scale by our people,” he said
“PDP and I won the election
overwhelmingly, receiving more than 70% of lawful votes cast and winning in
almost all of the state’s 16 local government areas. I therefore reject the
falsified results being bandied by the Independent National Electoral
Commission, which purportedly gave the election to the All Progressives
Congress and its Candidate; Dr. John Kayode Fayemi.”
The aggrieved politician accused
INEC of conspiring with APC to thwart the exercise.
”On Saturday, July 14th, the
security agencies and INEC upped the ante, threw all caution to the wind, went
back on their promises to be impartial and to conduct credible elections; they
sided with APC and Fayemi to the chagrin of our party, myself, and the good
people of Ekiti state,” he said.
“Despite the alarm we had earlier
raised, the security agencies not only supported but also supervised the
indiscriminate arrest of our party leaders and agents, the harassment and brutalization
of voters on a massive scale, especially in Ado-Ekiti, Ikere and the suburbs,
giving cover, tacit as well as active support to thugs imported into Ekiti by
APC to snatch ballot boxes, create confusion, cause mayhem, and drive away
voters in PDP strongholds, giving cover to APC agents as they financially and
openly induced voters and bought votes at polling stations; and driving away
our polling agents from collation centres and illegal seizure of documents and
materials in their possession, among many other infractions.”
“Without doubt, what has played
out in Ekiti is the APC template for the 2019 General Election, where they have
mapped out Rivers and Akwa Ibom as States they must capture at all costs, like
they are now trying to do Ekiti. It is now left for the opposition and
opposition figures, most especially presidential hopefuls in 2019, to stand up
to be counted in the struggle to roll back President Muhammadu Buhari’s
creeping fascism, or throw in the towel without a fight.
“This is not just a sad day for
Ekiti but also for democracy in Nigeria. Nothing demonstrates this better than
the gloom that has enveloped our dear State since they announced their
convoluted result. Ekiti mourns! But I ask our people not to be despondent but
to keep hope alive, quoting the inimitable Chief MKO Abiola. This is another
battle we will fight and win.”
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