Senator Smart Adeyemi, one of the governorship aspirants in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries in Kogi state has described the outcome as a “rape of democracy”.
Reacting to the conduct and outcome of the primaries on Arise Television, the outspoken politician stated that God will descend on officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Smart Adeyemi claimed that at least eight aspirants were denied their civil rights to vote for themselves during the primaries which he described as a “sham”.
Explaining what took place, he said, “About eight of us, apart from probably the man that was anointed, none of us has the privilege to vote. In essence, there was no voting anywhere. What they did was to write the result.
Smart Adeyemi explained that, “It was a sham, It was a rape of democracy, It was a disgrace, a betrayal of all those who laid down their lives for the enthronement of democracy in Nigeria,” Smart Adeyemi said.
“I have heard of rigging, if there was voting and we alleged rigging okay we will say were rigged out, but in this instance, we were at our polling unit at our ward secretariat, there was no material, nobody, what they did was to invite the chairmen of the local government areas including those of them who were said to have been suspended, were recall three days to the election and they were given a marching order, collect the material that from the panel that came from Abuja and they went to their closets and fill the forms and brought some 10 to 15 people within their compound and area and they said they have voted and that was the result.
He added that, “While we were still standing at our various wards, we contestants looked at each other. It was 11 o’clock, it was 12 nobody, 1:00 pm nobody. We were still there at 2 o’clock when we started hearing the results of the election.
“It is unimaginable. This is a new phenomenon that must not stand because if Kogi State gets away with this, other governors will copy this.
Smart Adeyemi maintained that an election didn’t hold. “There was no election. Ask my colleague, ask the security service, and ask the INEC people unless they want God to descend on them. There was no voting,” he claimed.
Chronicle NG reported that Ahmed Usman Ododo, a candidate backed by the incumbent governor, Yahaya Bello, emerged winner of the APC governorship primaries.
