The candidate of the Social Democratic Party in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in Kogi State, Muritala Ajaka, has alleged that the results of the poll were written before the casting of votes commenced.
Ajaka made the allegation on a Channels Television programme: “The Verdict,” after the release of the results.
The SDP candidate, who faulted the performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the conduct of the election, said its officials were compromised.
He said: “INEC disappointed all of us.
“Check from the results.
“Just like the last man (on the programme) was complaining, INEC gave us the impression that everything was going to work perfectly, but it turned out the other way.
“I want to believe the team that was sent to the state were the ones that compromised.
“Before the commencement of the election, the results sheets were already out everywhere in the whole of Kogi Central.
“Of course, we have written to them and have evidence.
“It is just unfortunate that these things happened this way.
“If we had known we were going into a jungle, we would have prepared for a jungle arrangement.
“The Federal Government has done its own part.
“We must give kudos to President Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
“He provided security for everybody.
“INEC too, the arrangement from and before the commencement of the exercise, everything was all right.
“But the officials of the INEC were the ones that compromised.
“They gave the result sheets to Yahaya Bello.
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“Results were written before the election.”
The Eagle Online recalls that the INEC Returning Officer for the poll, Prof. Johnson Urama, declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Usman Ododo, as the winner of the poll at about 10:23pm on Sunday.
The Returning Officer announced that Ododo won with 446,237 votes, while Ajaka polled 259,052 votes.
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