The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Ogun state and its gubernatorial candidate, Adekunle Akinlade, on Sunday rejected ongoing election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state.
The APM Campaign Director General, Sarafa Ishola, spoke alongside Akinlade at the party’s secretariat at Leme, Abeokuta.
Ishola alleged that the gubernatorial election which began peacefully on Saturday was allegedly hijacked by hoodlums and “unidentified uniform men” during the collation stage, and further manipulated the results in favour of the ruling APC.
He said the APM had petitioned the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Prof Abdulganiyu Raji to investigate the “infractions” and stop the ongoing announcement of results forthwith.
The DG expressed concerns that despite the complaints, the INEC has started announcing the results.
Ishola described the outcome of the election as “miscarriage of justice”, saying the results did not reflect the wishes of the electorate as freely expressed on Saturday.
“I hereby, on behalf of APM, formally reject the collation process that was hijacked and compromised because it did not reflect the wishes of the people of Ogun state as freely expressed on March 9, 2019 governorship and House of Assembly elections.
“The APM wishes to put INEC on notice that we shall explore every means within 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.”
Akinlade on his part said “The people of Ogun state have been raped”, while urging them to maintain peace while the leadership of APM explores all legal means to undo the alleged injustice.
