NaMe4:
Obviously, anyone that has a brain should know the election was massively rigged.

It's not a joke. Electoral observers will come out with a report in a few days, with documented evidence.

Johnnyessence:
PRESS STATEMENT

Fellow citizens of Ekiti State
Leaders and members of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Election Monitoring Groups (Local and International)
Nigerians - Home and Abroad; and
The International Community

Greetings!

I REJECT THE INEC RESULTS OF THE JULY 14, 2018 EKITI GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION

You are all aware of the unfortunate and dangerous events of the past 24 hours, in which our governorship election was hijacked by political desperadoes leveraging on “Federal might” to pervert the electoral process, subvert the will of Ekiti people, and viciously steal the mandate willingly and freely given to me on a massive scale by our people.

PDP and I won the election overwhelmingly, receiving more than 70% of lawful votes cast and winning in almost all of the State’s 16 local government areas. I therefore reject the falsified results being bandied by the Independent National Electoral Commission, which purportedly gave the election to the All Progressives Congress and its Candidate; Dr. John Kayode Fayemi.

This is the most audacious electoral robbery of our recent history. It shall not stand. By the grace of Almighty God and your support, I will pursue and regain my mandate.

To rig this election, the APC leveraged on its well-advertised but patently obnoxious and anti-democratic “Federal might” to intimidate, harass, victimize, oppress, and brutalize PDP leaders, members, and the voting public all over Ekiti. This brutal and barbaric process, which started well before the election, did not spare Gov. Ayo Fayose and me; as the whole world had seen and had condemned. It is quite unfortunate that the harassment has continued even after the election.

On Saturday, July 14th, the security agencies and INEC upped the ante, threw all caution to the wind, went back on their promises to be impartial and to conduct credible elections; they sided with APC and Fayemi to the chagrin of our party, myself, and the good people of Ekiti State. Despite the alarm we had earlier raised, the security agencies not only supported but also supervised

• The indiscriminate arrest of our party leaders and agents

• The harassment and brutalization of voters on a massive scale, especially in Ado-Ekiti, Ikere and the suburbs

• Giving cover, tacit as well as active support to thugs imported into Ekiti by APC to snatch ballot boxes, create confusion, cause mayhem, and drive away voters in PDP strongholds

• Giving cover to APC agents as they financially and openly induced voters and bought votes at polling stations; and

• Driving away our polling agents from collation centres and illegal seizure of documents and materials in their possession, among many other infractions.

INEC on its own part reneged on its promise to have results counted, declared, and pasted on the wall of each polling station. There was nowhere INEC transmitted results from the polling centres as earlier promised. Ballot boxes were illegally moved to INEC offices while our agents were disallowed from following the process.

INEC also allowed late voting by APC in hideouts when it was obvious the figures still would not add up after all the infractions mentioned above. Still, when all of these shenanigans still failed to give them the figures they needed, they stopped the announcement of results ward-by-ward, caused a deliberate power outage at the collation centre, with no alternative source of power provided for a long time, and then wrote results in favour of APC and its candidate.

Without doubt, what has played out in Ekiti is the APC template for the 2019 General Election, where they have mapped out Rivers and Akwa Ibom as States they must capture at all costs, like they are now trying to do Ekiti. It is now left for the opposition and opposition figures, most especially presidential hopefuls in 2019, to stand up to be counted in the struggle to roll back President Muhammadu Buhari’s creeping fascism, or throw in the towel without a fight.

This is not just a sad day for Ekiti but also for democracy in Nigeria. Nothing demonstrates this better than the gloom that has enveloped our dear State since they announced their convoluted result. Ekiti mourns! But I ask our people not to be despondent but to keep hope alive, quoting the inimitable Chief MKO Abiola. This is another battle we will fight and win.

In doing this, however, I appeal to all Ekiti sons and daughters to eschew violence. They will try and provoke you but the good Lord will help you to keep calm.

Taking a cue from our great leader and democrat par excellence, ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, I wish to reiterate that my ambition is not worth the blood of a single Ekiti son or daughter.

We are not cultists and bloody hounds like them and shall therefore not allow them turn Ekiti into a killing field like they have done in the Middle Belt.
It remains for me to thank Ekiti for standing by me and our great party.

Our royal fathers and the Oloris, teachers, civil servants, Okada riders, Labour leaders, market women, artisans, and students – I appreciate your unflinching support. We thank every Nigerian desirous to see the growth and defence of our renascent democracy.

We thank the international community for their efforts and trust they will not let our people down in this their most trying moment.

Those bent on setting this country on fire for selfish reasons must be restrained and turned back by the international community, mindful of the recent experience of Rwanda, Kosovo, Liberia, Sierra-Leone, Cote D’Ivoire, to mention but a few.

The struggle has just started! I thank you.

Prof. Kolapo Olubunmi Olusola Eleka (Deputy Governor, Ekiti State & PDP governorship Candidate)

iAudio:
even the American observers were sponsored by PDP/Fayose abi?

buhariguy:
fayose is know for stomach infrastructure, and APC play his game with him,
is anything wrong with that?

BluntBoy:


Which international observers

You people can lie sha.

Iamgrey5:
I was shocked to

So Mr okoro was the international observer

International observers are never that specific about irregularities.

They might be specific when it comes to court proceedings, but they never release press statement in favor of a party in an election.

They usually aren't specific because they don't want to destabilize the government or society. If they do, it will be counter productive.

Iamgrey5:
I was shocked to

So Mr okoro was the international observer

International observers are never that specific about irregularities.

They might be specific when it comes to court proceedings, but they never release press statement in favor of a party in an election.

They usually aren't specific because they don't want to destabilize the government or society. If they do, it will be counter productive.

Johnnyessence:
big AfonjaBoston, i will live you here for people to judge you ok.

iAudio:
even the American observers were sponsored by PDP/Fayose abi?

Lordlestat:
Some say PDP list because Fayose alienated support groups

This didn't have any effect ,he isn't the fisrt to alienate anyone , tinubu was against OBJ and the entire PDP run government but won re-election and even ensured Fashola won



APC rigged him out that's all



He hoped popularity would win but that works in countries with strong institutions where elections are free and fair and not where the electoral body in under the imcumbent



He lost same way GEJ lost by rigging



I see Nigerians say they voted out GEJ and I laugh



Votes don't count in Nigeria , rigging does



APC know how to rig , GEJ believed buhari was always loosing so he would loose again but reality kicked him in the balls



Buhari and APC had been perfecting rigging from State levels and did same in the federal



In 2019 your votes won't count either APC will rig and win again, unfortunately

frankson1:




Meaning PDP have been RIGGING elections since inception. You are very correct.

Neyoohpompy:
And now they do....what is your point?

iAudio:
even the American observers were sponsored by PDP/Fayose abi?

CilicMarin:
More like a coalition of PDP and ipob yoots assembled by Fayose to release a press statement ...

No be only coalition na Croatia..

Jonnyessence, are you not even ashamed? You failed in Edo Election, You Failed In Kogi, You Failed in ondo
now you failed in Ekiti election..

CilicMarin:
More like a coalition of PDP and ipob yoots assembled by Fayose to release a press statement ...

No be only coalition na Croatia..

Jonnyessence, are you not even ashamed? You failed in Edo Election, You Failed In Kogi, You Failed in ondo
now you failed in Ekiti election..

Gecoz:
Am I the only one wondering why there is no massive jubilation from the ekiti people? If truly they loved fayemi or if truly they voted for apc I believe winning a sitting party was supposed to resolve to massive jubilation. Something is not right here

Iamgrey5:
Their position have been compromised and their testimonies cannot used as solid evidence In the court of law.

Releasing a public statement is simply trying to play to the gallery and heating up the polity in the state.

Any grievances or irregularities are supposed to be presented to the courts for a legal proceedings not media houses.

famosh:

So the "American observers" will claim only a particular party enticed voters with money when the two parties clearly offered money?
You IPIGs/PDP sycophants should just quit deluding yourselves! You'll be alright!

activistjohnny:
of course they will testify their documents in tribunal.

BluntBoy:


Abeg, keep kweyet.

Sore loser. Take handkerchief and wipe your tears.

Bizibi:
don't worry,they will all play the game in the presidential elections.