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.

Yusuf Lanre Badmas     John Dara     Ibrahim Jawondo     Gbugbu International Market     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Abubakar Imam     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Olosi Of Osi     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Ijagbo Health Centre     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Shaaba Lafiagi     United Nigeria Airline     Muhammed Danjuma     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Agor     Eghe Igbinehin     Islamic Development Bank     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Yakub Ali-Agan     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Olatunde Oyeyiola     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Jawondo     Okin Malt     Ramadhan     Aremu Odolaye     Manzuma     Yahaya Dumoye     Segun Ogunsola     Universal Basic Education Commission     Computer Based Test     Vasolar Consultoria     Ajike People Support Centre     Lanre Jimoh     Aliyu Umar     Wahab Abayawo     Obasanjo     Moshood Bakare     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Shagari     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Olawuyi     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Mufti Of Ilorin     Kulende-UITH     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Kayode Ogunlowo     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Yoonus Lawal     Tsaragi-Share     Akanji     Oyin-Zubair     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Bankole Omisore     Hauwa Nuru     Ghali Muhammed     Bature Bello     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Sulyman Tejidini     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Labaeka     07039448763     Sa\'adu Gambari     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Minister     National Pilot    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Zainab Abass     Tanke     Ojuekun     UNIFEMGA     Sodiya     Ahmad Ali     Ajasse-Ipo     Wole Oke     Lai Mohammed     Aiyedun     Magaji Nda     Toyosi Thomas     Joseph Daudu     Kunbi Titiloye     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Akanbi-Oke     Ike Ekweremadu     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Young Progressives Party     NNPP     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Kunle Okeowo     Yoonus Lawal     Yakubu Shaaba     Kayode Bankole     ARMTI     April 11     Facebook     Ilorin Central Mosque     Saka Abimbola Isau     Inside Kwara     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Ayo Opadokun     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Alaaya     Micheal Imoudu     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Shuaib Olarongbe     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Omoniyi     Eghe Igbinehi     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Henry Olaosebikan     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Mahee Abdulkadir     Odo-Owa     Olatunde Olukoya     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Femi Oladiji     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Post Utme     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Unilorin     Bello Abubakar     Grillo     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Okoolowo     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Sayomi     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Jaiz Bank     Ayo Adeyemi     Taofik Abdulkareem     Ibrahim Taiwo     ER-KANG Mining     Saudat Abdulbaqi     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Mohammed Abduraheem     Aminu Adisa Logun     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     SGBN     Moremi High School     Jumoke Monsura Gafar