The AllProgressives Congress has released astatement rejecting
the September 19 Edo governorship election result which brought backGodwin Obaseki as the Governor of the state.Chairmanof the APC Media Campaign Council, John Mayaki in his statement on SundaySeptember 20 alleged that there was foul play due to “strong-arm tactics”.Mayaki also claimed that there was an arbitrary arrest of local party members.
He urgedparty members to remain calm while the result is studied to decide on the nextline of action.
Below is the statement read;
“Onthis note, we hereby reject the outcome of the election, and urge our membersto stay calm. We thank them for their support. We’ll be announcing our decisionand course of action shortly.
“Obasekishouted that he was being rigged out and blamed INEC at the initialstage, but that was to divert attention from the evil going on in the field.
“TheParty also notes the arbitrary arrest of our local party members, who couldhave resisted the outrage, while Mr Obaseki was busy diverting attention withfalse alarm.
“Therewere obvious illicit tampering with results, to shore up PDP numbers and markdown that of our party. Areas where we won, they cancelled them. They decreasedthe votes in areas we had advantage; they rejected our results and jerked uptheirs.
“The‘strong arm’ tactics, as seen in the election, cannot slide. Our people were
arbitrarily arrested, while many of the figures were fabricated.”