Edo Rigging Template Will Fail in Ekiti, Fayose Replies Oshiomhole
Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose yesterday told the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adam Oshiomhole that rigging template he executed in Edo State would fail in Ekiti State.
Fayose also noted that nothing was haunting him and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the July 14, 2018governorship election, noting that the Ekiti people would go to poll next Saturday to elect a new governor.
He replied Oshiomhole in a statement his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi issued yesterday, demanding the conduct of credible, free and fair election.
As contained in the statement, Fayose said he won the June 21, 2014 governorship election fair and square and that the credibility of the election was attested to by the US Government and British Department for International Development (DFID) among others.
On the contrary, the governor noted that both local and international observers, including the media rejected the election that produced Oshiomhole’s successor.
He said Oshiomhole’s secret plan “to use his fraudulent Edo template in Ekiti will never work. It will attract injurious consequences. This is because Ekiti people are resolutely determined to resist rigging right on the spot.
“Contrary to Adams’ diatribe, rumour peddling and rabble rousing of former Edo State Governor and APC National Chairman, Fayose and PDP are only interested in credible election. Fayose and PDP are raising the alarm because of tell-tale signs that APC and Fayemi are plotting to rig the election.
“The statements by top APC leaders including its former chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun that they must capture Ekiti by all means are very instructive in this regard. Nigerians witnessedtheblatantriggingof Ondo andEdogovernorshipelectionsbythe APC.
“In Ondo, it was shameless vote buying. In Edo State, they stopped vote counting when it was clear PDP was winning and changed the results overnight. Seeing these, who will ask us to stay stupid?
“Oshiomhole was the mastermind of Edo rigging. He is only calling Fayose the name that rightly belongs to him (Oshiomhole),” Fayose said.