Kogi: Melaye Demands Gov Election Cancellation; Ododo Leading

The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the Kogi state governorship election has called for its cancellation.

The former senator who is up against Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the contested election, checks reveal is already trailing behind his opponent so far in the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

According to checks by the magazine, Ododo is currently leading with 439,246 votes, after winning 13 of 21 Local governments areas, LGAs in the state.

The electoral umpire is still collating the results, and on the verge of announcing the winner.

Speaking on Sunday, Melaye described the election as shameful, noting that INEC has yet to learn from the mistakes of the last presidential and governorship elections earlier this year.

He claimed there was no elections held in some local governments, stressing that the accreditation was done manually while umpire failed to use the BIVAS.

Melaye SA d; “It is shameful that the unhealthy INEC refuse to realise, ameliorate or palliate the problems they created in the last presidential and governorship elections.

“Yesterday in the five local governments of the central senatorial district in Kogi state, there was no election. Surprisingly, accreditation was done manually, the BVAS was not used. Prepared sheets manifested even before accreditation took place and evidence is all over the media.

“So, INEC as a matter of urgency must cancel the election. In many areas where I won, my agents were told there were no available result sheets to enter the result and we have evidence to back up these claims.

“As I speak to you, it is shameful that this is what our democracy has descended to. INEC has manifested more than before, that they cannot be trusted, they are biased, they are compromised, and they cannot be a neutral umpire.

“INEC officials and youth corps members were caught yesterday with prepared result sheets even before the commencement of the processes. A youth corps member was arrested with a prepared result and N1 million in his bag.”