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The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi has faulted the Kogi All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary, alleging that there was no election and that the exercise was a “rape of democracy”.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday, Adeyemi who lost the exercise to Ahmed Ododo, described the election as a sham.
In his words, “Let me begin by saying that there was no election at all conducted. What they did was a selection, a sham, a manipulation of people, and a deceitful act.”
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According to him, the voters did not cast their ballot in the election, claiming that the party officials did not show up for the election.
“You saw the people screaming that they were waiting for 46 hours. Nobody came, and nobody conducted any election,” he added. “This is a rape of democracy. It is a treasonable offence. It is manipulation in the highest order. It is deceitful and an ungodly act, unconstitutional, and undemocratic.”
He claimed that the results were cooked and returned to the APC election committee for the state.
“What they did was to hand over the electoral materials to all the local government chairmen who in turn went to their comfort zones and handpicked about 200 people to line up in their offices or nearby schools and they counted them and took photographs to create an impression that there was an election,” Senator Smart said.
