The leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Kogi West have called for the cancellation of the results recorded from the November 16 senatorial rerun election.
The chairman of the party in the senatorial district, Hon. Kola Ojo, while reading a communique claimed that the results from the rerun election were forged in all the local government areas of Kogi West.
Ojo also noted that ballot boxes were carted away to the government house where they were allegedly stuffed with already thumb printed ballot papers which were declared by INEC as valid votes.
He claimed that the admission of those votes by INEC was wrong and should be cancelled.
The communique read: “The entire Kogi West Senatorial election results as announced by the electoral umpire ought to have been cancelled having regards to the unprecedented deployment of arms and ammunition, thugs, unholy collaboration of INEC officials, the Security Agencies and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Party in the entire electoral processes in negation of the Electoral Act, and INEC guidelines, is totally unacceptable and would, therefore, be challenged.”
“Furthermore, collation and entry of concocted votes were carried out at the Government House and thereafter forced on the electoral officers for the announcement at the various collation centres.”
“This process is totally at variance with the NBC rules, guidelines, the Electoral Act and international best practices.”
According to him results from these illegal means were recorded valid and declared by the electoral body instead of being cancelled.
He further stated that the commission overlooked all these allegations while determining the areas where supplementary elections will be held on November 30th.
source https://www.naijanews.com/2019/11/26/kogi-west-why-inec-must-cancel-results-pdp/
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