Ekiti LP accuses INEC of colluding with PDP to rob its candidates
The Ekiti State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, has said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, colluded with the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to rob the party of four House of Assembly seats at Saturday’s polls.
According to the party, it candidates won in Moba 1, Moba 2, Emure and Ekiti Southwest 1 but the result were allegedly manipulated to favour the PDP.
In an interaction with reporters yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, the state LP Chairman, Akin Omole, said the party is ready to challenge the result in the four contentious constituencies at the Elections Petition Tribunal.
He said the party has evidence to prove its case before the yet-to-be-constituted tribunal that the results were rigged in favour of PDP.
Omole accused Electoral Officers, security men and PDP chieftains backed with state instrument of coercion of committing the alleged electoral fraud to deny the rightful winners of their mandates.
Speaking on the development, the LP leader in the state and member of the House of Representatives, Opeyemi Bamidele, called on INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to ensure that the erring electoral officials are sanctioned to serve as a deterrent to others.
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