{"id":131683,"date":"2024-09-22T12:05:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T11:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/edo-election-might-end-up-as-worst-in-nigerias-history-ighodalo"},"modified":"2024-09-22T13:11:56","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T12:11:56","slug":"edo-election-might-end-up-as-worst-in-nigerias-history-ighodalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-election-might-end-up-as-worst-in-nigerias-history-ighodalo","title":{"rendered":"Edo election might end up as worst in Nigeria\u2019s history \u2013 Ighodalo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, has decried that the election could be remembered as the worst election in Nigeria\u2019s history due to numerous alleged irregularities.<\/p>\n<p>Ighodalo raised this alarm during a live press conference on Sunday, organized by the Edo PDP National Campaign Council, which was led by Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which also has in attendance the outgoing governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, focused on allegations of manipulation by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.<\/p>\n<p>He detailed several instances of electoral infractions across multiple polling units, questioning the credibility of the results being announced.<\/p>\n<p>One of the major infractions he cited involved polling units in Ikpoba\/Okha Ologbo, where accredited voters were recorded as zero, yet results were announced.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to highlight similar issues in other polling units within the same area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way this election is going, it is set to be the worst election in the history of this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Ikpoba\/Okha Ologbo, the figure for accredited voters was NIL, but the results claimed the APC had 227 votes, while the PDP had 103. How is that even possible?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn another unit in Ikpoba\/Okha Ologbo, the number of accredited voters was recorded as 156, but the APC was declared to have won 2,110 votes, while the PDP received just 57 votes, and no votes were recorded for the Labour Party,\u201d Ighodalo stated.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Fintiri echoed these concerns, adding that PDP agents had been denied access to collation centers, raising further questions about the transparency of the process.<\/p>\n<p>Fintiri called on INEC to follow its own rules and ensure that the collation of results was conducted fairly and transparently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re asking from INEC is to follow their rules, REC has no business to announce results or move collation to INEC headquarters. This is our stand and we will go back to consult,\u201d said Fintiri.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, has decried that the election could be remembered as the worst election in Nigeria\u2019s history due to numerous alleged irregularities. 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