At least one person was seriously wounded on Thursday when anti-riot policemen fired teargas to disperse supporters of the PDP who were protesting against the result for Oredo council area in Wednesday’s governorship election in Edo State. The victim fell and hit his head on the tarred Aduwawa Road when the teargas was fired by the heavily armed security operatives that manned the entrance of the headquarters of INEC office in Benin City. Security had patiently appealed to the protesters to conduct themselves orderly and leave the premises of INEC for over an hour before they fired the teargas canisters. The protesters had gathered, alleging that the results were overturned by the electoral umpire in favour of the ruling APC, threatening fire and brimstone if the right thing is not done. Bearing placards with various inscriptions, the protesters made up of mostly women and youths in their numbers called the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole and his APC unprintable names. Inscriptions on some of the placards were “INEC took bribe from APC, PDP won the 2016 election,’ INEC give us our actual results,’ ‘INEC give PDP their true result’, amongst others. According to some of them, the PDP won the election in all the eighteen council areas of the state, adding that the state governor Adams Oshiomhole allegedly stormed INEC at the wee hours of Thursday to induce the electoral body to upturn the figures. One of the protesters Mrs. Lindsay Tes Sorae said the people will not accept the release being released by the electoral umpire, alleging that the governor gave orders to INEC to change the results. Also, Princess Eba told journalists that they were already in high spirit earlier this morning, noting that there hopes were being dashed as the results were being announced from the various council areas. “If APC win, they should win squarely, we will have no problem with that. But let them announce the right result of which PDP won in almost all the council areas. “As at yesterday evening we were already jubilation get because PDP was leading but what we are hearing now is different from the votes that were generated from the polling units.” Mike Enahoro warned that if INEC did not give Edo people their mandate “we will be forced to go into militancy.” For his part, Osaro Agbonhiamen insisted that the votes of the people should be allowed to count as they came out en-mass on Wednesday to exercise their franchise. Mrs. Ehis Julie Atiti said she saw what happened at George Idah Primary School, alleging that some thugs snatched a ballot box at one of the polling unit while INEC staff was beaten to pulp. Atiti said that “it took the intervention of soldiers to recover the box and the collation centre was transferred from the primary school to Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre. I wonder were all these policemen where when such criminality happened.” Imade Chukwuma said that the result from Oredo as announced does not tally with the results from all the party agents, adding that “all the agents should be told to come with their collation sheets and recounted to determine the actual valid votes.”
Slimchery at 29-09-2016 03:14 PM (7 years ago) (m)
I wonder why edo state people will even think of voting pdp or vote pdp, well that is always the problems of nigerians they never appreciate good work and that is why they always vote the wrong leaders that has lead them to were they are today, for me as edo state is concern pdp is not even surpose to have 1 vote because they kill that state before the arrival of Oshomole , even the Ize Iyamu is a theif
Posted: at 29-09-2016 03:14 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
]am from Edo state, the Edo people are even kind to waste their time to cast a vote for PDP party. Edo state was in a completely in nightmare bad situation or worst situation Eight good years under PDP not even one development of infrastructure. PDP specialize throwing big victory parties and throw party for the next two years without development of the state. Thanks to the arrival of Oshomole of APC by making Edo State shine and congrats to APC victory
Posted: at 29-09-2016 04:01 PM (7 years ago) | Upcoming
oshiomole and his boko haram father buhari and fashola are in this together they brought pple from lagos to vote and even paid thugs to course commotion in unit poll so God almighty will fight for the rightful person bcos pdp won almost all the council area yesterday the God we serve will fight no matter how strong they think they are, but surely they're not stronger than God.
Posted: at 29-09-2016 04:10 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
EDDYPRINCE at 29-09-2016 05:35 PM (7 years ago) (m)
JOBLESS YOUTH, MAKE UNA NEVER GO HOUSE GO SLEEP AND ACCEPT DEFEAT. IF NA PDP WIN IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORST SO WHICH EVER WON MAKE UNA ACCEPT COS THE HIGHEST BIDDER WON,,, EVEN THE PDP ARE NOT CLEAN ,,, IZE IYEMU WAS BOOSTING HE IS THE MASTER OF THE GAME ,,, GAME OF WHAT? NOW OSHO HAS BEATEN HIM TO HIS GAME... USELESS POLITICIAN
Posted: at 29-09-2016 05:35 PM (7 years ago) | Addicted Hero
kima77same at 29-09-2016 06:35 PM (7 years ago) (m)
Quote from: diutopep on 29-09-2016 03:11 PM
Elections in Nigeria can never be free and fair...! So, oshomole can be this evil... Ok now.
SO, YOU WERE EXPECTING PDP TO WIN IN EDO STATE AFTER WHAT LUCKY IGBINEDION DID TO EDO STATE. YOU MUST JOKING! PDP IS DEAD IN EDO STATE. LUCKY IGBINEDION RULLED EDO STATE FOR 8 YEARS WITHOUT DOING NOTHING. PDP MEMBERS OR FOLLOWERS IN EDO STATE WILL COSTLY, FOR YEARS FOR THE EVILS AND LOOTING EDO STATE MONEY RIP TO PDP IN EDO STATE
Posted: at 29-09-2016 06:35 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
kima77same at 29-09-2016 06:40 PM (7 years ago) (m)
Quote from: gogoman on 29-09-2016 02:56 PM
my people stop this nonsense and accept defeat!!! una too like wahala , bloody shed
YOU ARE RIGHT MY DEAR. INSTEAD OF THEM TO ACCEPT DEFEAT, THEY ARE PROTESTING THE RESULT. TAKE A LOOK AT THEM, THEY ARE TUGS. THIS IS WHAT PDP IS KNOWN OF LUCKY IGBINEDION RULLED EDO STATE FOR 8 YEARS WITHOUT NOTHING AND THEY DID NOT PROTEST PDP IS DEAD IN EDO STATE
Posted: at 29-09-2016 06:40 PM (7 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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