The Director Normal of the Asue/Ogie Marketing campaign Council, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, on Sunday morning along participants of the Peoples Democratic Celebration, protested the simply concluded governorship election on the Detached Nationwide Electoral Fee.
He additionally mentioned that the Peoples Democratic Celebration would protest the end result of the polls, which he mentioned, was once being skewed as a preference of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo.
Week newshounds and a few celebration brokers have been ready on the Convention Corridor within the INEC place of work for the announcement of the consequences, protesters numbering about 20 stormed the doorway gate of INEC.
Iduoriyekemwen mentioned the PDP was once cruising to victory however data to be had to them confirmed that there have been plans to juggle the general effects that may now not mirror the needs of the electorate.
He additionally alleged that the chief of the APC within the circumstance, Adams Oshiomhole and reinstated deputy governor of the circumstance Philip Shaibu have been thumb printing poll papers to near the distance with which the APC was once prominent.
We’ve got data that the result’s being skewed to favour Okpehbolo when it’s sunny that our candidate is coasting to victory.
“We will not accept this, we will contest it” he mentioned at about 2:27 am when he led the protesters to the venue.
They have been dispersed by means of the police in a while then talking to newshounds throughout the safeguard.
PUNCH On-line past due Saturday evening reporter that tensions have been emerging within the ongoing Edo Order Governorship election because the INEC said a 2nd criticism relating to discrepancies in polling unit effects.
In a commentary posted on its reputable X account past due Saturday evening, INEC confident the population of speedy motion, vowing to analyze allegations of flawed figures being entered into consequence sheets.
PUNCH On-line previous reported that INEC has uploaded 90.33 p.c of the consequences from the Edo governorship election to its End result Viewing Portal.
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