Kwara election, travesty of justice - Minister
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?”
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Obasanjo Yusuf Lanre Badmas Innocent Okoye Lanre Badmus Kayode Bankole AIT Ilorin Yahaya Abdulkareem Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak SAPZ Project Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed Yoruba Tafida Agboola Abdulraheem Odo-Owa Maigida Soludero Transit Jamila Bio Ibrahim Issa Oloruntogun Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku Just Law Forum GRA Waziri Yakubu Gobir Hamza Usman Aliyu Muyideen Gamji Members Association Paul Odama Salihu Alhaji Musa Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum Sheriff Olanrewaju Shola Odetundun Ekweremadu Fatimoh Lawal Dankaka Tunde Oyawoye Sheikh Alimi Abikan Quareeb Saidu Kawu Folaranmi Aro Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye Mashood Dauda Lafiagi General Hospital, Offa Apaokagi Temi Kolawole Garuba Alikinla Shittu Babajide Ajayi COVID-19 Palliatives Fatai Garuba Labaka Muhammadu Buhari Olatunji Ayeni Seed Technologies Binta Abubakar-Mora Kehinde Baale Oniyangi Femi Oladiji Aminu Adisa Logun Sobi Hill Bibire Ajape Ogidi-Oloje Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode Chief Imam Of Offa UTME ASMAU PLAZA Deji Ajani Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs Haruna Olawale Sulaiman Hussein Olokooba Ayobami Seriki Omoniyi Ayinla Igosun Talaka Parapo Abraham Ojo Offorjama Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations Galadiman Ngeri

