Olu Samuel
The Social Democratic party, SDP has called for an arrest and immediate prosecution of the Kogi state independent electoral commission Chairman.
Reacting to the Saturday local government Election held across Kogi won by the All Progressive Congress as declared by the KOSIEC,the Director, Media,to the Muri/Sam campaign organization , David Ijele in a statement on Sunday said that the Chairman should be arrested and prosecuted for perpetrating illegality by announcing a result of an election that was never conducted in the first place.
“There was no election yesterday. It was just a charade to make caricature of the Electoral process as a Smaller Version of INEC”.
“Since the government of the day are not ready to honour of the people then lawlessness will be at its peak in any subsequent election and 2027 will be blood bath because we can’t continue like this as a nation. We must rescue this country” Ijele said.
The Kogi state independent electoral commission Chairman,Nda Eri had on Saturday night announced All Progressive Congress,APC as Haven won all the 21 Chairmansip and 239 councillorship slots across the state.
He expressed satisfaction with how the election was peacefully conducted without any incident of violence recorded in any part of the state during and after the election.
Also, the state governor Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo awarded pass mark to KOSIEC for conducting the election seamlessly.
Ododo also gave kudos to the people for their peaceful conducts during and after the election.