The Director Basic of the Asue/Ogie Marketing campaign Council, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, on Sunday morning alongside members of the Peoples Democratic Celebration, protested the simply concluded governorship election on the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee.
He additionally mentioned that the Peoples Democratic Celebration would protest the end result of the polls, which he mentioned, was being skewed in favour of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo.
Whereas journalists and a few get together brokers had been ready on the Convention Corridor within the INEC workplace for the announcement of the outcomes, protesters numbering about 20 stormed the doorway gate of INEC.
Iduoriyekemwen mentioned the PDP was cruising to victory however data out there to them confirmed that there have been plans to juggle the ultimate outcomes that may not mirror the needs of the voters.
He additionally alleged that the chief of the APC within the state, Adams Oshiomhole and reinstated deputy governor of the state Philip Shaibu had been thumb printing poll papers to shut the hole with which the APC was main.
Now we have data that the result’s being skewed to favour Okpehbolo when it’s clear that our candidate is coasting to victory.
“We is not going to settle for this, we are going to contest it” he mentioned at about 2:27 am when he led the protesters to the venue.
They had been dispersed by the police shortly after chatting with journalists by means of the barricade.
PUNCH On-line late Saturday evening reporter that tensions had been rising within the ongoing Edo State Governorship election because the INEC acknowledged a second complaint concerning discrepancies in polling unit outcomes.
In a press release posted on its official X account late Saturday evening, INEC assured the general public of swift motion, vowing to analyze allegations of incorrect figures being entered into consequence sheets.
PUNCH On-line earlier reported that INEC has uploaded 90.33 % of the outcomes from the Edo governorship election to its Outcome Viewing Portal.
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