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.

Balogun-Ojomu     Tunji Ajanaku     Ajibike Katibi     Bilikis Oladimeji     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Ramadhan     Mujtabah Bature     Okin Biscuit     Senate Presidency     Lateef Fagbemi     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     UTME     SSA Youth     Ilorin Airport     AbdulRahman Saad     Yemi Osinbajo     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Agor Market     Lukman Adeloyin     Waheed Ibrahim     Fola Consultant     Isiaka Gold     Yusuf A. Usman     Offa Grammer School     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Toyin Abdullahi     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Musbau A. Akanji     Folorunsho Erubu     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Dunmade     Saad Omo Iya     IF-K     Arandun     PPS     Sherif Shagaya     Kaiama     Abraysports FC     YAKOOYO     Facebook     MMWG     Kazeem Oladepo     Emir Of Yashikira     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Abubakar B.M     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Mashood Dauda     GRA     Lucky Omoluwa     Kwara TV     NFAI     Sunday Popo-Ola     RTEAN     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Adedipe     AIT Ilorin     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     EFCC     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Mubarak Oladosu     Agboola Abdulraheem     Saka Onimago     Ita-Ore     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Quareeb     Ajasse-Ipo     Toyin Falola     Firdaos Amasa     Kaosarah Adeyi     Moronfoye     Adisa Logun     Ayinde Oki     Yaman     Benin Republic     Shade Omoniyi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Rafiu Ibrahim     EndSARS     Mufutau Olatinwo     Adama Isa     Moshood Bakare     Kwara State University Of Education     Hussein Olokooba     Osi     Adekunle David Dunmade     Inside Kwara     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Fatimat Saliu     Leke Ogungbe     Ohoro Of Shao     Budo Egba     Ayo Adeyemi     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Amada Jidda     Saheed Popoola     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Alore     Ramadhan     Assayomo     Idris Garba     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Yakubu Gobir     Patigi Regatta     Guber Aspirant     SARS     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Mahe Abdulkadir     Bukola Saraki     Baruba     Read With Me     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Ajibike Katibi     KSIRS     Shagari     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Abubakar Atiku     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Bola Magaji     NSCIA     Charcoal     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Tuesday Assayomo     Mustapha Olanipekun     Ileloke     Innocent Okoye     Oko Erin     Law School Scholarship     Tunji Folami     Abubakar Usman Jos     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Bamidele Adegoke     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Ben Duntoye     Yekini Adio     Kwara State Polytechnic     Mazars Consulting     Sheikh Alimi     Kwara State Governor     Ishaq Salman     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Taofik Mustapha     Elese Of Igbaja     Susan Modupe Oluwole     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Harrison Osauwagboe     Aliyu Salihu     Mumini Ishola Hanafi