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.

Ibrahim Mashood     Folorunsho Erubu     Niyi Ogundiran     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Ajikobi     Nnazua     Ebola     IESA     AGM Professional Services     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Universal Basic Education Commission     Moro     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Adekunle David Dunmade     Unicontinental Construction Company     Mahee Abdulkadir     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Lucky Omoluwa     Emir Of Shonga     Gaa Olobi     Asa     Jimoh Akani     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Adedipe     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     20 Billion Bond     SSUCOEN     Arandun     Saba Mamman Daniel     Kola Olota     Garment Factory     Bilikis Oladimeji     Bluenile Associates     Col. Adedipe     Zara Umar     Akorede     Funke Adedoyin     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Omotoso     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Naira Redesign     Saliu Tunde Bello     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Kunle Akogun     Arca Santa     Okin High School     Dauda Adesola     Okala Baba     Share/Tsaragi     Sa\'adu Salau     Justina Oha     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Osuwa     SDP     TETFUND     Kola Shittu     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Gbenga Olawepo     Tunde Yusuf     Jumoke Gafar     Musa Yeketi     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Ilorin.Info     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Oniyangi     Bello Abubakar     Tayo Alao     Bashirat Bola Bello     Olaitan Adefila     RTEAN     Abdullahi Samari     Rafiu Olasile     Saduki Lafiagi     Emir Of Kano     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Bayo Ojo     IYA ALFA NLA     Durbar     Radio Kwara     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     LAK Jimoh     Olatunde Olukoya     Jawondo     Adeniyi Ojo     Kwara North     Benin Republic     Charles Ibitoye     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Kumbi Titiloye     Ekweremadu     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Bilikis Oladimeji     Baboko Primary School     ER-KANG Mining     Saka Isau     Adedipe     Igosun     Minimum Wage     Jani Ibrahim     NITDA     Hauwa Nuru     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Gbenga Adebayo     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Amuda Musbau     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Hussein Oloyede     Durosinlohun Kawu     Government High School Adeta     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Ibrahim Mohammed     Asa LGEA School     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Gurei     Oyawoye     07039448763     Yekini Adio     Titus Ashaolu     Lanwa     Kazeem Adekanye     Ayo Opadokun     Sunday Popo-Ola     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     GAMA     IsDB     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Afonja     GRA     College Of Education     Kubra Kazum     Biliaminu Aliu     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Saliu Tunde Bello     Moshood Mustapha     Aliyu Salihu     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Toyin Sanusi     Ilorin Airport     Baba Isale     JAMB     Garba Ado Sanni     Balogun-Ojomu     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Tanke Road     Senate Presidency     Kwabes     Fatimat Saliu     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Dairo Kunle Paul     Yakubu Dogara     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency