Kogi poll: Labour Party urg INEC to cancel kogi central election

Labour-Party

From Emmanuel Adeyemi,
Lokoja
The governorship candidate of Labour Party, Adejoh Okeme
has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to as a matter of urgency cancel the election results of the five local government areas in the central senatorial district saying the election was fraught with wide spread malpractices.
In a press statement made available to newsmen
by the publicity secretary the Party Idakwo Emmanuel in lokoja on Sunday, it called on the umpire INEC to uphold justice and nullify the elections of Okene, Okehi, Adavi and Ogori Magongo as all of the results coming from those areas were characterized by massive malpractice;s.

He alleged that results sheets were already filled before the voting process commenced whule vote buying, over voting and ballot box snatching were recorded all in favour of the ruling party in some of those areas
The Labour party said any attempt to admit the “cooked-up results from such areas is total sabotage of the will of the people”

“INEC must stand tall to counter the dubious moves of the ruling party and deliver on it’s promises to the people which is free, fair and credible election.
“We must do the right thing and stop the intimidation of opposition with the recent made up cliche ‘Go to Court’ The will of the people must be allowed to prevail” the statement added .

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