The All Progressives Party (APC) in Edo state has rejected results of the state governorship election which was held on Saturday.
This was just as the APC urged members to stay calm and thanked them for their support.
The party alleged foul play in the September 19 governorship election.
Returning Officer in the election, Prof. Agofure Rukeh, of Federal University of Petroleum Technology, Efurun, returned governor Godwin Obaseki reelected after he polled 307,955 votes
Rukeh said Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defeated his closest challenger and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu who polled 223,619 votes.However, In a terse statement by the Chairman of the APC Media Campaign Council, Mr. John Mayaki, the party also cites alleged strong arm tactics.
Mayaki said: “Our people were arbitrarily arrested, many of the figures were fabricated”.
The party further alleged illicit tampering with results, “to shore up PDP numbers and mark down APC”.
“Areas where we won, they cancelled them. They decreased the votes in areas we had advantage. They rejected our results and jerked up theirs.”
Continuing, the party claimed there was arbitrary arrest of local party members, “who could have resisted the outrage, while Governor Godwin Obaseki was busy diverting attention with false alarm.
“Obaseki shouted that he was being rigged out and blamed INEC at the initial stage but that was to divert attention from the evil going on in the field”.
