Politics
This is coup, not election, PDP’s Adeleke cries out
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has decried the conduct of the run-off polls.
He lamented that what is taking place is not an election, but a coup, as supporters of the PDP were being denied access to ballot papers in the exercise.
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He told Punch: “What is happening in Osun State now is not an election. What we have is a coup. That is what we are witnessing now.
“Our supporters are being harassed and are not allowed to vote at all. Let the whole world know that this is not the democracy, ” he said.
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