EKITI GOV POLL: Again, Fayose raises the alarm over sinister plot by APC, INEC

Ahead of the July 14 Ekiti State governorship election, Governor Ayodele Fayose has raised a fresh alarm over alleged sinister plot to disenfranchise the electorate.

He said that the plot is being hatched by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in collaboration with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and targeted at thousands of eligible voters in areas considered as strongholds of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

“It has come to our attention that the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State has devised another sinister plot to disenfranchise thousands of eligible voters in areas considered as strongholds of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

“The APC is working in collaboration with some unscrupulous elements in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to delete not less than 40 per cent names from the Voter Register, using the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) as a decoy and targeting Ado Ekiti, the state capital and Ikere Ekiti where the PDP candidate comes from,” he said.

Fayose said this in a statement he signed himself and made available to newsmen on Wednesday.

He said that the APC did not stop at that plot but are also currently distributing “fake Empowerment Forms and cash to unsuspecting electorate, using a phony organisation, with the aim of deactivating Voters Cards, thereby disenfranchising thousands of voters.”

He added, “They are also putting pressure on INEC to use Incident Forms as alternative to the Smart Card Readers, so as to be able to rig the July 14 election.

“It should be noted that Incident Forms not used during the Anambra election is being contemplated in Ekiti. The question is; what has changed?

“To heighten their game, the APC in collaboration with INEC are planning to heavily preload the Smart Card Readers and also release ballot papers to their members for ballot stuffing to justify the preload.

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“The whole world is therefore placed on alert on the desperate bid of the APC to circumvent the will of Ekiti people at all cost, not minding the danger it portends for democracy in the country.

“We are raising this alarm to save this country from major consequences in the buildup to the 2019 general elections because the planned rigging of the Ekiti State election will serve as a prelude to their planned rigging of the elections, which is capable of plunging the country into avoidable anarchy.”

 

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