As people of the Edo State are awaiting the final announcement of the governorship elections’ results in the state, some supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) staged a protest at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against the results released so far.
With 16 out of 18 Local Government areas of the state released by INEC on Sunday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) won in 10 while PDP won in six local governments.
The protesters who gathered in front of the INEC office in Benin City were chanting various solidarity songs while some of them were holding leaves during the protest.
- They alleged that the results announced so far had been tampered with, saying the results announced were different from what they had from the polling units.
One of the protesters, who simply identified himself as Frank, alleged that the results had been tampered with on the INEC portal.
He called on President Bola Tinubu to intervene and investigate the matter.
He said, “What we are saying is that we will not allow anyone to tamper with the wish of the Edo people. People have voted for our candidate (Ighodalo), and some people want to use the power from above to turn the results upside down. We won’t accept it. No, we won’t.
“We have the authentic results with us, and the ones they announced are different. That means someone has tampered with the results. We will not take it.
“We are appealing to President Bola Tinubu to intervene in this matter. Some people should not burn our state.”
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