Kwara election, travesty of justice - Minister

Date: 2015-03-29

The Minister of National Planning, Dr. Abubakar Suleiman, on Sunday faulted Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara State.

He alleged  that there were many  electoral irregularities, describing the elections in the state as a rape of democracy.

Speaking during a press conference  media briefing in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, Suleiman, who is the state PDP leader,  said the  accreditation process was faulty,  adding that the card readers in most cases were not working hence the recourse to manual method of accreditation.

According to him, using manual method for accreditation attested to the position of the PDP that the introduction of the card reader at this time is a misplaced priority.

He said it was obvious to Nigerians that the card reader usage in the election was not a success, adding that this created room for a lot of irregularities in accreditation process.

The minister also accused security agencies of dereliction of duties, alleging that there were many security lapses, which he claimed, aided electoral malpractices allegedly by members of the All Progressives Congress in the state.

He noted that security agents were inadequate in some places while in many other places, they were not there at all.

Suleiman alleged that the total number of votes in the three wards at Opobiyi, Ajikobi Ward in Agbaji, where he voted, which is the place a former Governor of Kwara State, who is the state APC leader, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and her sister, Gbemisola, was greater than the total number of collected Permanent Voter Cards in the area.

He said, “If actually we had gotten it right in 2011, what happened in my own community, my state, was more of an electoral tragedy, which is not acceptable, which to a large extent has significant negative implications in our electoral future if not addressed.

“I saw a connivance of the security agencies in Kwara State, to be specific, with the opposition party. It does not tally with sense, for instance, where you have about  1,800 potential voters to one policeman without any arms. How will he contain the crowd?”

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Zulkifli Ibraheem     Kwara State Sports Commission     John Dara     Kubra Kazum     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Salman Alada     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Muritala Olarewaju     Okeose Christian Cementary     Ado Ibrahim     Razak Atunwa     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Jide Ashonibare     Oke-Ero     Ayekale     Kwara Central     Olaiya Lawal     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Abdulmajeed Wahab     Ilorin Airport     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Dele Belgore     Kunle Okeowo     Alore     Yinka Aluko     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Saka Keji     Kola Bukoye     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Tunji Arosanyin     AbdulRahman Saad     Mashood Dauda     Yakubu Dogara     ITP     Muhammad Yahya     Ita-Ore     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     2023 Elections     Otoge     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Dasuki Belgore     Ibrahim Labaika     Pacify Labs     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Shonga Farm Project     GGDSS Pakata     Bureau Of Lands     Shaaba Lafiagi     Taofeeq Olateju     Halimat Yusuf     Malete     Apaokagi     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Cornelius Adebayo     General Hospital     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Budo Egba     ER-KANG     Dan-Kazeem     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Dumagi     Sabi     Durbar     John Olobayo     Isiaka Oniwa     Hausa     Bayo Ojo     KWASSIP     FERMA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oluwole Dupe     SSA Youth     Vasolar Consultoria     Sidikat Akaje     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Obuh     Omu-aran     Abubakar Suleiman     Saliu Oluwole     Gaa Olobi     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Saliu Alamoyo     Kisra     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Haliru Yahaya     Bello John Olanrewaju     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Bashir Adigun     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Abatemi-Usman     Alfa Yahaya Road     Bahago     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Gbugbu International Market     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Akeem Lawal     Yahaya Dumoye     Elerinjare     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Dan Iya     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Muhammadu Buhari     Tanke Road     Mumeen Lah     NIRSAL     Kwara Politics     Modibo Kawu     Wale Oladepo     Oko     Abdulhakeem Amao     Imam Gambari     Diagnostic Centre     Muhammed Akanbi     HYPPADEC     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Sunday Fagbemi     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Okin Biscuits     Police Commissioner     Kwara 2023     Makama     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Sabitiyu Grillo     Amos Bajeh     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Justina Oha     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Sobi     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     ER-KANG     Adebayo Salami     Kola Bukoye     Federal Allocation     Mustapha Olanipekun     Opobiyi     Arandun     UNIFEMGA     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Okin High School