Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that it has “facts” on how the last Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State was allegedly rigged.
The National Working Committee of the party had met in Abuja on Tuesday, where they received and reviewed “all facts relating to the July 14, 2018 Ekiti State governorship election.”
After reviewing what was brought before them, the PDP came into a conclusion that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, allegedly rigged the election in favour of the party’s rival, the All Progressives Congress, APC.
John Kayode Fayemi, the candidate of the APC was on Sunday declared winner by INEC.
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement in Abuja yesterday, accused the INEC of pulling down the results of the election from its website.
He said, “After a thorough examination of all hard facts, the NWC reconfirms that the Independent National Electoral Commission doctored the result of the election to favour the APC.
“The NWC notes that apart from the huge discrepancies between the actual votes cast at the polling centres and the results released by INEC, there is evidence that INEC pulled down the original result from its database to accommodate the alterations.
“The NWC also has evidence indicating that the original result was in favour of the PDP candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola before the figures were altered.
“The NWC, after very exhaustive examination of all facts, confirms the PDP candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, clearly won the July 14 , 2018 governorship election.
“The NWC, therefore, calls on the leadership of INEC to immediately correct their results, apologise to the people of Ekiti State and be ready to admit their falsifications before the tribunal so as to return our mandate which was stolen at ‘gunpoint’ on July 14,” he added.
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