ALLIED PEOPLES MOVEMENT REJECTS OGUN GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION RESULTS
“The APM wishes to put INEC on notice that we shall explore every means within the provisions of the constitution and the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to challenge this miscarriage of justice. We shall also ensure that the wishes of the people of Ogun State, as freely expressed at the polls are protected”, Ishola declared.
“The exercise, which started on a peaceful note, was disrupted as the counting of votes were being completed by hoodlums and unidentified uniformed men, who hijacked the process and went ahead to collate falsified results sheets in many Local Council Areas, including Abeokuta South, Abeokuta North, Odeda, Ifo, Obafemi/Owode and particularly all the Local Government Areas in all parts of the Ogun East Senatorial District’.
“In Local Government Areas like Sagamu, Odogbolu and Ogun Waterside, that were won by the APM, the results were changed to deny our party its well-deserved victory. In other Local Governments won by the APC, the figures were altered to increase the margin between the APC and the APM’, he argued.
‘ The disruptions were clearly designed to ensure that the APM does not meet the required constitutional requirement of 25 percent of votes in the council areas of Ogun East Senatorial District and to suppress the electoral strength of the APM in Ogun Central Senatorial District, where the party clearly enjoys superior strength’,Ishola added.
“In the night, some armed men, purportedly working for a top Federal Government official from Ogun State, went round many of the Local Government Areas, hijacked result sheets and forced party agents to sign already-filled result sheets under duress”, the party chieftain said.
The Campaign Director posited that the infractions are against the provisions of the constitution of Nigeria and the electoral act, adding that the party made a formal protest to the Resident Electoral Commission of INEC in the State, as reports from its agents across the state revealed these atrocities.
“We requested that INEC should investigate these infractions and suspend the announcement of the purported results of the elections, pending the completion of such investigation. We were surprised that the INEC went ahead this morning to announce the disputed results from many of the Local Government Areas”, Ishola emphasised.
Penpushing further reports that, in attendance at the press conference was the party Governorship Candidate, Adekunle Akinlade and his runningmate Adepeju Adebajo, as well as party leaders and supporters.
