As folks of the Edo State are awaiting the ultimate announcement of the outcomes of the governorship election within the state, some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Get together staged a protest on the workplace of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee towards the outcomes launched to date.
With 16 out of 18 native authorities areas of the state launched by INEC on Sunday, the All Progressives Congress gained in 10 whereas PDP gained in six native governments.
The protesters who gathered in entrance of the INEC workplace in Benin Metropolis had been chanting numerous solidarity songs whereas a few of them had been holding leaves throughout the protest.
They alleged that the outcomes introduced to date had been tampered with, saying the outcomes introduced had been totally different from what they’d from the polling items.
One of many protesters, who merely recognized himself as Frank, alleged that the outcomes had been tampered with on the INEC portal.
He referred to as on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and examine the matter.
He stated, ” What we’re saying is that we’ll not enable anybody to tamper with the want of the Edo folks. Folks have voted for our candidate (Ighodalo), and a few folks need to use the ability from above to show the outcomes the wrong way up. We gained’t settle for it. No, we gained’t.
“Now we have the genuine outcomes with us, and those they introduced are totally different. Which means somebody has tampered with the outcomes. We is not going to take it.
“We’re interesting to President Bola Tinubu to intervene on this matter. Some folks shouldn’t burn our state. “
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