The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum has told the Independent National Electoral Commission that it manipulated the Edo State governorship election, describing it as a “rape of democracy”.
The Chairman of the PDPGF and Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed, levelled the accusation against INEC on Saturday.
Mohammed, who spoke in a communique after the meeting of the forum at the Plateau State Government House in Jos, the state capital, said INEC manipulated the Edo State governorship election in favour of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Governor Monday Okpebholo, with the candidate of the PDP, Asue Ighodalo, coming second.
The governors said Ighodalo won the election.
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The communique said: “The forum notes with concern the rape of democracy in Edo governorship elections. It is clear to everyone with conscience that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) manipulated results in favour of the APC candidate when in fact majority of lawful votes were won by the PDP candidate, Mr. Asue Ighodalo,” the PDP governors said.
“The forum calls on the judiciary to save Nigerian democracy and the National Assembly to look into our electoral laws to make it difficult for institutional sabotage of the will of the people.”
The governor said they were still examining the Ondo State governorship election, which its candidate, Agboola Ajayi, also lost to the incumbent and candidate of the APC, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
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