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.

Aliyu Umar     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Ahman Pategi University     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     NFAI     Kwara TV     Frootify     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Ridwan Agboola     Maryam A. Garuba     Damilola Yusuf     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Ilorin Like-Minds     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Amusa Bello     Oniwa     Haliru Yahaya     Onilu     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Olohungbebe     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Women Radio     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Bolakale Kawu     Obuh     Kayode Ibrahim     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Sabo-Oke     Ademola Kiyesola     Maigidasanma     Jani Ibrahim     Cornelius Adebayo     Bayo Lawal     Yaru     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Kayode Bankole     Nagode     Folashade Omoniyi     Talaka Parapo     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Fawenu     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Sadiq Umar     Samari     Muhammad Yahya     Mustapha Akanbi     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     A.O. Belgore     Jumoke F. Ajao     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Iponrin     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Eghe Igbinehi     IF-K     Olateju Lukman     Okin Biscuit     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Aminat Omodara     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Al-Hikmah Radio     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Kaosarah Adeyi     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Bello Oyebanji     Ganmo Power Sub-Station    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Razaq Atunwa     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Olabimpe Olani     Unilorin     Shagari     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Maigida Soludero Transit     Mahee Abdulkadir     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Oniye     EndSARS     Muritala Olarewaju     KWASIEC     Sarah Jubril     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Garba Idris Ajia     Iyaloja-General     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Dorcas Afeniforo     Joseph Offorjama     Samuel Adaramola     John Olajide Adedipe     Congress For National Consensus     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Apaokagi     Haliru Yahaya     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Saliu Alamoyo     Aliyu Muhammed     New Naira Notes     Radio Kwara     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Binta Sulyman     Emmanuel Bello     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Dunmade     Hassan A. Saliu     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Ibrahim Orire     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     James Ayeni     Sunset Workers     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Oloje     Balogun-Ojomu     Elesie Of Esie     Sulaiman Gado     Bayo Onimago     Grillo     Akeem Lawal     Sheikh Ariyibi     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Manzuma     Falokun-Oja     Hikmah AbdulKareem     ER-KANG Mining     Arik     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Ajayi Okasanmi     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     LABTOP     Gbemisola Saraki     Ghali Alaaya     Kwara Metro Park     NAWOJ     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Temi Kolawole     Najim Yaasin